David Curran's San Francisco relative lived his final days in North Beach, and Curran tried to do the same in Italy but hit ...

They say blood is thicker than water. But that’s not the case for Italy anymore. The government has issued a decree that curbs citizenship through descent. This move has the potential to impact millio ...

Descendants of Italians across the globe – many of whom had already spent thousands on their applications – voiced their ...

Fewer people of Italian descent will now be able to obtain citizenship after the government narrowed its eligibility criteria to those with Italian parents or grandparents. The government says it ...

On March 28, the Italian government tightened regulations for claiming citizenship by jus sanguinis, or descendent blood line, effective immediately. The law will go to parliament to be ratified ...

The U.S. also has ‘jus sanguinis‘, granting citizenship to children born abroad to U.S. citizens. While birthright citizenship is common in the Americas, it is less prevalent in other parts of ...

But in the vast majority of countries, citizenship is determined by descent (also known as "jus sanguinis"). That can mean something different in each country, but for the most part it means ...