A great-grandparent from Italy used to be all it took to guarantee Italian citizenship. A surprise decree has now changed all that, making it much harder for those with Italian ancestry to use blood line as a pathway to become Italian.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/01/travel/italy-law-halts-citizenship-through-great-grandparents/index.html

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