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(73,974 posts) Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:23 AM Aug 2022

you know what would be great? passports [View all]

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so, i'm entitled to an irish passport, but have yet to get my butt in gear and do it, cuz my mom doesnt have a birth cert and i have to chase down her baptismal cert, and and.

i have my ancestry dna kit here, and i'm thinking for the umpteenth time- if only ireland would step into the 21st century, and take dna results, mine being as irish as it gets, wouldnt all her sons and daughter who want to come home, come home?
and it occurs to me- what if all governments did that? what if people brought here as slaves could get dual citizenship w their country of origin?
how many people down under dont know where the ship that brought their ancestors came from?
how about all the people fathered by soldiers in time of war?

would that just make this world a smaller, more connected place?

eta- this is MY song-

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you know what would be great? passports [View all] mopinko Aug 2022 OP

I have about 10 countries to chose from doc03 Aug 2022 #1

well, i think it would be fine to confine it to ppl who were refugees. mopinko Aug 2022 #6

I'm mostly Irish (ancestors from Cork), but too poor to get there. panader0 Aug 2022 #2

love that song. on my set list. mopinko Aug 2022 #7

oh man. thx for that. he's so young!! mopinko Aug 2022 #8

also fun fact- mopinko Aug 2022 #12

My "nickname" is Corky... rubbersole Aug 2022 #15

it's rly not that expensive. mopinko Aug 2022 #27

Thanks mopinko! rubbersole Aug 2022 #31

"Come home"? SharonClark Aug 2022 #3

If you asked the Irish about an influx of Yanks.... rubbersole Aug 2022 #4

oh, i'm aware. very aware. mopinko Aug 2022 #5

no but i have cousin over there. mopinko Aug 2022 #9

You can order certs online. Narraback Aug 2022 #10

thanks. i kinda knew that, but wasnt sure if it was completely paperless. mopinko Aug 2022 #11

Good luck! Narraback Aug 2022 #13

I thought Irish citizenship only applied kskiska Aug 2022 #14

correct. i have 1 on each side that came on the coffin ships. mopinko Aug 2022 #16

Since your mom was born here and does not have a birth certificate, you will probably need more LeftInTX Aug 2022 #29

ty. yeah, she got to visit when she retired. mopinko Aug 2022 #32

Mary Kearns from County Cork. panader0 Aug 2022 #17

i've seen some pretty cheap packages. mopinko Aug 2022 #33

Read up on what ancestry DNA tests mean muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #18

oh, i'm aware of the limits. mopinko Aug 2022 #19

I think you're trusting the company far too much muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #20

just to back up the paper trail. mopinko Aug 2022 #22

Let's see, who would I ask? DFW Aug 2022 #21

lol. mopinko Aug 2022 #23

an idea from fb mopinko Aug 2022 #24

Passports are SharonClark Aug 2022 #25

hopeless dreamer. mopinko Aug 2022 #26

People whose ancestors came here as slaves will have a hard time figuring out what present day BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #28

yeah, it will be complex. mopinko Aug 2022 #30

I'm third generation Irish on my dad's side r�is�n_dubh Aug 2022 #34

yeah, my ex is there now. he married a woman from donnybrook. mopinko Aug 2022 #35

Had my dad been born in '56 instead of '53... r�is�n_dubh Aug 2022 #36

i was born in 54. am i screwed? mopinko Aug 2022 #37

i tried to find out if either of my folks' births had been registered. mopinko Aug 2022 #38

Lol how would giving people papers "based" on their genes bring people together WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2022 #39

i think just knowing where you came from does that. mopinko Aug 2022 #41

People have a lot of different ideas about what it means to "come from" someplace. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2022 #42

Here's a compendium of websites for anyone interested in Roisin Ni Fiachra Aug 2022 #40