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Funny you should mention that.  The UK doesn't recognize any claim through grandparents, however, my mother was also born in Scotland.  Until 1983, the UK only recognized Britishness passed through the father (I found all this out when some of my cousins got dual-nationality).  In 1983, they changed it to both parents, but only for children born after 1983.

I mentioned this to stormy in a comment one time and looked again to show her a link, and damned if they hadn't changed it in 2003, extending it back to people born after 1961 (which would put me firmly in the group).  So yes, I am eligible, just don't really know how to go about doing it.  Well, I could probably figure it out, but it costs over 200 pound, so I'm not jumping all over it at the moment.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 4th, 2007 at 01:58:15 PM EST
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hi Izzy.  I suggest you start collecting all the official documents you can think of - your birth certificate, your marriage certificate, your parents' birth certificate (especially your mother's), their marriage certificate, and finally, your grand-mother's.

The cost of getting each document will add up, so it's a long term project, but once you have them all, you can show up with a photo, your American passport, and the whole pile of official documents at your local British consulate, and the process should be rather easy.  

by zoe on Mon Jun 4th, 2007 at 03:00:53 PM EST
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Silly me.  I forgot to add:

good luck

&

I hope you feel better really soon!

by zoe on Mon Jun 4th, 2007 at 03:21:05 PM EST
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