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| | Dual Nationality - United States Mission to Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | A person may be born a U.S. citizen by either jus soli, i.e., through place of birth, or jus sanguinis, i.e., through descent from his/her parents. |
 | | A person may be born a German citizen by either jus sanguinis, i.e., through descent from his/her parents, or jus soli, i.e., through place of birth. |
 | | A child born to an American parent and a German parent acquires both American and German citizenship at birth, regardless of place of birth, if the parents satisfy the jus soli or jus sanguinis requirements of their respective countries. |
| www.usconsulate.de /germany/services/dual_nationality.html (1173 words) |
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