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My family has recently been researching to see if we are eligible for EU citizenship. While researching German citizenship, we found this on wikipedia:

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German nationality is acquired by descent under one of the following conditions:

1. Member of recognized historical German community abroad (e.g. in the Balkans, Kazakhstan)

2. Also granted to children/grandchildren of those deprived of citizenship by the Nuremberg Laws

Link (scroll down to Germany's citizenship by descent section):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_Eu...

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I have not been able to find anything confirming or denying part 1, aside from my mother who believes that this is correct, although she cannot cite where she got that information. As such, I have two questions.

1. Could somebody please confirm or deny the part 1?

2. If part 1 is correct, could someone please link me to a list of these recognized historical German communities abroad?

My family has recently been researching to see if we are eligible for EU citizenship. While researching German citizenship, we found this on wikipedia:

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German nationality is acquired by descent under one of the following conditions:

1. Member of recognized historical German community abroad (e.g. in the Balkans, Kazakhstan)

2. Also granted to children/grandchildren of those deprived of citizenship by the Nuremberg Laws

Link (scroll down to Germany's citizenship by descent section):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_Eu...

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I have not been able to find anything confirming or denying part 1, aside from my mother who believes that this is correct, although she cannot cite where she got that information. As such, I have two questions.

1. Could somebody please confirm or deny the part 1?

2. If part 1 is correct, could someone please link me to a list of these recognized historical German communities abroad?

My brother and I have been looking into getting EU citizenship in case we ever want to work there, and since our grandmother is from Slovenia, we figured that we may as well look into getting Slovenian citizenship.

However, I've found a lot of contradictory information on the internet. Some sources say that you can apply for citizenship up to being 4th generation outside of Slovenia. Others say that grandparent is too far gone.

One source said that if you are "'Slovenian origin'" up to the 4th generation, then you apply for citizenship without any residence requirements. However, I do not understand what it means by Slovenian origin. Does that mean of Slovene descent?

Also, and I'm not sure if it's relevant, but my family is not ethnically Slovene. My family's been in Slovenia for centuries, but we're ethnic Gottscheers/Germans.

Could someone please shed some light on the requirements for Slovenian citizenship? If you could link your sources, that would also be fantastic. Thanks for reading!

My brother has recently been thinking about working in the EU, and this would be a lot easier if he had EU citizenship. This also got me curious about my own possible eligibility, and, since I'm absolutely awful at finding stuff on the internet, I figured I might as well post a question about it.

Family History:

My mother's mother (still alive) was born in Gottschee, Yugoslavia (modern day Slovenia) in 1920 to an Austrian man and a Gottscheer (ethnic German living in Yugoslavia) woman. My grandmother was a Yugoslavian citizen. They left in 1927 to go to the USA, but my grandmother's Yugoslavian citizenship was never formally renounced. All Gottscheers were exiled in 1946.

My mother's father (deceased) in 1920 was born in the United States to a Polish family and was a dual citizen. They moved back to Poland immediately after he was born, and my grandfather was raised there. He and the family left in 1927, and returned to the US. (If you're wondering, my grandfather was basically an anchor baby.)

Language Requirements:

We both speak German proficiently, and I speak Gottscheerish passably. Neither of us can speak Slovene or Polish, but we have the means to learn the languages.

Summary:

My mother's parents were Yugoslavian (Slovenia), American and Polish citizens, and my great-grand father was an Austrian citizen. We are of Gottscheer, Austrian and Polish descent. My mother is NOT a dual-citizen. We are American citizens. We have documentation to verify all of this.

We're wondering if it's somehow possible to acquire citizenship of any of these countries (Slovenia, Austria, Poland) based on descent?

Thanks for reading.

I donated blood two days ago, and I'm still feeling very tired, lightheaded, etc. I've slept 12 hours for the past two nights. I normally get 7-8, and I'm perfectly fine with that. I normally never feel sleep deprived.

This was my second time donating. The first time, I felt perfectly fine the next day. The only real difference between the two donations was that I didn't eat before this one, but I ate immediately after, which is what the nurse recommended.

I was perfectly fine during the donation. I didn't vomit or pass out or anything.

How long will it take for me to feel normal, and what can I do to speed up the process? I volunteer at a hospital, and ideally, I'd like to feel better before I go tomorrow.

I'm a 17 year old male, by the way.

I'm 16 and my high school is doing a gift drive for underprivileged children. I need to get a gift for a 5-7 year old. I don't know the gender of the child, and there's a 20$ limit.

I've never really spent time around young children before, so I have absolutely no idea what to get him/her.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

I received a B+ in a class but my actual, numerical average was 89.83%.

Normally, I wouldn't care, but this is a combined class that counts for two grades, and I'm a first semester senior.

This grade could actually be the difference between getting into my early decision university or not (the school I'm applying to requires that first quarter grades are submitted).

I'm debating meeting with the teacher to discuss why I received the grade I did and the possibility of it getting rounded up. Do you think the teacher should round it up or am I just being whiny about it?

What's the best way to avoid getting my hopes up over something that probably won't happen?

Hi, I need to translate two phrases into German and I'd like to make sure that they're correct.

Phrase One: Meine Mutter ist Österreichische aber sie nicht mich hat gelehret Deutsch.

My mother is Austrian but she never taught me German.

Phrase Two: Ich habe arbeit zu tun.

I have work to do.

I'm pretty sure number two is wrong, but I don't know for a fact.

Thanks.

Star Cluster A has an age of 100 million years and Star Cluster B has an age of 8 billion years.

In the two star clusters, what is the mass of the star that is just about to evolve off the main-sequence?

How would I go about doing this problem?

I met a girl today who was born and raised in England. Her father is a European American and her mother is Japanese.

This just made me wonder: can a person be considered half-American?

I personally would say no as American is not an ethnicity (unless you're a Native American, of course) but only refers to citizenship.

Your thoughts?

I didn't know how else to put it.

I'm at a summer program at an Ivy League University (not gonna say which one) and I guess you could say I'm having trouble making friends.

A very large amount of the students (more than half) are from other countries but they seem to prefer hanging out with people from their own countries or people who speak the same language (This isn't me being racist; this is me stating what's happening). I completely understand wanting to socialize with people in your own language, but it's not exactly helping my social life.

A rather large amount (not all) of the other Americans here are rather strange. They're practically incapable of holding up a conversation, other than one that pertains to their work or classes. Whenever I talk to them, I can't help but think to myself, "These aren't normal teenagers; these are drones."

I've never had problems making friends before this major before and I feel as if I'm going to go insane.

I really need some advice; this camp lasts for another month.

I'm sorry for the long question and I'm sorry that it was more of me whining about my colleagues than an actual question.

I didn't know how else to put it.

I'm at a summer program at an Ivy League University (not gonna say which one) and I guess you could say I'm having trouble making friends.

A very large amount of the students (more than half) are from other countries but they seem to prefer hanging out with people from their own countries or people who speak the same language (This isn't me being racist; this is me stating what's happening). I completely understand wanting to socialize with people in your own language, but it's not exactly helping my social life.

A rather large amount (not all) of the other Americans here are rather strange. They're practically incapable of holding up a conversation, other than one that pertains to their work or classes. Whenever I talk to them, I can't help but think to myself, "These aren't normal teenagers; these are drones."

I've never had problems making friends before this major before and I feel as if I'm going to go insane.

I really need some advice; this camp lasts for another month.

I'm sorry for the long question and I'm sorry that it was more of me whining about my colleagues than an actual question.

Si un américain s’est approché vers vous pour demander quelque chose, préferiez-vous qu’il parle l’anglais ou préferiez-vous qu’il essaie parle votre langue maternelle mais son essai ne serait pas trés bon?

Je suis desolé s’il y a des erreurs grammaticales; le français n’est pas ma langue maternelle.

If an American approached you on the street, would you prefer for him to greet you in English or would you prefer for him to make a bumbling attempt at speaking your own language?

Who did you vote for in the 2008 presidential election?

Who did you vote for in the 2012 presidential election?

If you could go back in time and change your vote in either of these elections, would you? Who would you vote for?

I got a surgery a few days ago and it'll be a few days before I'm fully recovered.

However, I'm about to go insane out of cabin fever. I've been cooped up for three days now, and I'm ready to go insane.

To make matters worse, all of my friends are currently away and I haven't been able to get in touch with any of them. It's just me, my mother, and my older brother (he's 22, I'm 16) and my mother and my brother fight a lot.

What can I do to prevent myself from going insane?

Would you consider American to be an ethnicity? A nationality? I'm not referring to Native Americans.

I have my bio exam tomorrow and I'm wondering if it's worth studying anymore for it.

As a result of numerous fortunate events, all of my other exams were cancelled weeks ago and this is my only one. I've been studying for it for the last 8 days or so and it's been my only real work. I've been looking through the book and my notes and I'm pretty sure I know the material.

I also have tomorrow morning to study because my exam is in the afternoon.

I'm a pretty good student in bio (A average).

Is it worth studying any more?

My school is doing a blood drive and I would like to donate, but I'm receiving the HPV vaccination the day before (I can't have the appointment moved). Will I be able to donate?

I have no other conditions that would leave me unable to donate.

I'll be sure to ask my doctor whether or not I'll be able to donate, but I'd like to know now if I'll be able to.

Thanks.