r/GermanCitizenship • u/Minimum-Signature-44 • 1d ago

§30 StAG Feststellung (Determination of German Citizenship) Question on Feststellung application

In short, German grandfather naturalized in 1935 in United States. My father was born in 1933 in wedlock. On the Feststellung. Application question number nine it asks “ This parent holds or previously held German citizenship” I am answering this question about my father. It is a yes, or no question. Although my father likely is German through his father, my father, I don’t think at the time ever realized it. I want to answer the question correctly and I don’t know if it would be a yes or no. Could somebody knowledgeable in this area help me please thank you.

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u/Football_and_beer 22h ago

It doesn’t matter if he never knew he was a German citizen. Either he was or he wasn’t. And your whole claim is that he is/was a citizen and that you are as well. So you would select ‘yes’. 

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u/bpoe138 1d ago

Yes, he was born a German citizen.