I recently learned about Polish citizenship through genealogy and I have a few quick questions.

All of my relatives on my dad's side are Polish by decent. Both my Father's parents families were from Poland, however based on my research only my great grandfather was born there. He was born in 1897 and moved here in 1913. As far as I can tell his status was always listed as an "alien".

The only issues I can see is our lifespans do not overlap, he died in 1967, whereas I was born in 1988.

Also it shows on a draft registration card I found he was from the Russia part of Poland and from what I have read this would disqualify me as well correct?

by thevanquishfist

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  1. > Both my Father’s parents families were from Poland, however based on my research only my great grandfather was born there. He was born in 1897 and moved here in 1913. As far as I can tell his status was always listed as an “alien”.

    I’ve heard of people successfully getting citizenship after ancestors who left around 1914, so it’s not a lost cause.

    > The only issues I can see is our lifespans do not overlap, he died in 1967, whereas I was born in 1988.

    Whether your lifespans overlap is irrelevant. Only whether, if he would have been legally considered a citizen, he would have been legally able to pass his citizenship down to next generation and so on.

    > he was from the Russia part of Poland

    You need to check if the place of his birth – which isn’t very legible in this document – was actually within the 1920 borders of Poland.

    > and from what I have read this would disqualify me as well correct?

    Not automatically. When did he actually serve in US military?

    There’s also a few other questions there: Was your grandfather’s child born in marriage or outside of it? When? Was that child male or female? When was your father born?

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