Hi all,

I'm working to try to get my husband Polish citizenship. His great-grandparents were both Polish citizens, who arrived in New York in 1929. We have both of their passports issued by Poland.

I contacted a lawyer who told me that since the Polish great-grandparents gave birth to my husband's grandma, that grandma was indeed a Polish citizen. However she did not pass on her citizenship to my husband's mother, because you can only inherit citizenship from your father.

Is this right? I thought that you inherited your citizenship from your *parent*, not your *father*.

There are 4 other Polish-born great-grandparents that we can try, but we have the most documentation for his mother's family so thought it would be easiest to start there.

Thanks for your insight,
nmarie33