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In reply to the discussion: OMFG!! with new news to make this more clear. [View all]DFW
(54,050 posts)She is of Irish, Czech, and Finnish ancestry. The only non-American passport she ever requested was the Irish one, which she said was easy to obtain. I don't know if she has ever used it.
I am of Eastern European mongrel ancestry, and some of the "countries" from which my ancestors left aren't even on the map any more. Not that I care a lot (so far, anyway). I have survived on my US passport and my German residence permit up to now, and probably will leave it at that unless I join some friends down in Switzerland later on. My wife is as German as she can be, with a family genealogy documented back to the year 1473. Her family and roots are here, and she doesn't want to leave. Our girls feel at home just about anywhere in the English- or German-speaking world, which is what we tried to raise them as.Their native language remains German, which is what they speak to each other when they are alone or with us, but they automatically switch to English if they are in the company of Anglos who don't understand German.