Citizenship· 7 min read
Citizenship by heritage: which African families actually qualify in 2026
Italian, Portuguese, German and Polish heritage routes are real but narrow.
Italy: jure sanguinis is alive (with the 2024 generation cap). Portugal: Sephardic route closed in March 2024 — too late. Germany: §15 StAG for descendants of Nazi-era denaturalisations remains open. Poland: by descent if your great-grandparent was a Polish citizen on Sep 1, 1939.
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