I'm curious how long ago you got married. From the information I've found, marriage to a German citizen no longer gives the spouse automatic citizenship, even though it used to... and even then, it only applied to non-German women marrying a German man.

Anyway, this doesn't apply to me as I have no plans to marry a German woman. Not that I don't like German women.
Yes, I've found a bit of conflicting information.

Here's a link which describes the requirements to obtain German citizenship through ancestry: https://www.germany.info/us-en/servi...-obtain/919576

There are some date restrictions as laws changed through the years, but I seem to fit the listed requirements.


I'm definitely moving cautiously. Thus, this thread. It's a complicated and confusing process, so I was looking to see if anyone has navigated the waters.

I don't plan to give up US citizenship, and I'm aware that the US taxes its citizens no matter where they live. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

As I've said, right now this is just a brain-storming exercise. The seed for this idea was probably ten years ago or so when I lived in Germany as a student. A couple others suggested to me that I might qualify for citizenship if I had documented ancestors from Europe. And then more recently I've read some travel blogs of people who have dual-citizenship, and then finally a friend of mine who moved to the US from the Philippines retained her Filipino citizenship so she could easily travel and live back home if she chose.

It just seems like... if I can, why wouldn't I do it? It might just open a few more doors.

Thanks for all the helpful comments and ideas.

Jamie