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**18holesin** · 06-26-2012, 04:27 PM

Well I am descended from people from the British Isles and from people who lived in the colonies in America before independence. I'm not sure I guess.

Yes, me too. My paternal side definitely falls into those categories. That seems like a very open-ended definition though. Wouldn't that encompass everyone in, for example, Hong Kong and India?

Here's a Wiki with additional info on British citizenship, including the requirements to be a British Overseas Territory citizen, or a Commonwealth citizen. US citizens don't appear to qualify for any of these special types of citizenship. So legally we aren't British, apparently. Culturally, ancestrally?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law

06-26-2012, 04:27 PM	#4
18holesin Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 580 Senior Member	Well I am descended from people from the British Isles and from people who lived in the colonies in America before independence. I'm not sure I guess. Yes, me too. My paternal side definitely falls into those categories. That seems like a very open-ended definition though. Wouldn't that encompass everyone in, for example, Hong Kong and India? Here's a Wiki with additional info on British citizenship, including the requirements to be a British Overseas Territory citizen, or a Commonwealth citizen. US citizens don't appear to qualify for any of these special types of citizenship. So legally we aren't British, apparently. Culturally, ancestrally? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law
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