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    Oct 31, 2012, 07:16 AM
    German citizenship by ancestry
    I was born in South Africa and did get German citizenship in about 1995 as a result of ancestry. I have renewed once and now need to renew again. I heard that they do not renew anymore!! Can someone advise me? I am 55.
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    Oct 31, 2012, 08:27 AM
    You can't get German citizenship by ancestry any longer, now only by parents. The rules were changed January 2001.
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