Couple Travel the World for 11 Years

[Platapus]

One has to remember that these children probably do not remember all the places they went (how much to you really remember about your home when you were 5 if you moved away?

I would also imagine that the memory of the children is jumbled because they moved so often they probably would get stuff mixed up.

I hope none of the children ever want security clearances.

This is effed up. Why are these countries giving citizenship to some random tourists who just happen to be driving by?

Because that is what some countries do.
Some people take citizenship way too seriously.

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Because that is what some countries do.
Some people take citizenship way too seriously.

Yep, not all countries are like Amerika where if you grant citizenship to anybody a bunch of protesters will pop up screaming "DEY TURK ER JERBS"

[Growler]

Wait... you mean to tell me you guys are still friends with dudes you knew when you were young?

Really?

Dayum.

[Hottentot]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Because that is what some countries do.

Could you give some examples of such countries? Reading this thread made me go check what the Finnish law says about our regulations and I found out this:

A child gets citizenship if his/her mother is a Finn, or the father is a Finn and either married to the child's mother or the child is born in Finland and his father can be verified.

A child can also get citizenship if he/she is born in here and has no right to any other country's citizenship. Or also if the parents have seeked and been granted asylum in here.

So at least in here they are not just giving it away because the child happened to be born in here. I'd imagine most countries have regulations such as these, but I'm not an expert. Hence the question.

[Weiss Pinguin]

If they did just mean citizenship, IMO they should've just used 'citizenship'... when I read 'nationality' the first thing I thought of was ethnicity, which doesn't make much sense lol

[Jimbuna]

I'd love to travel like that in my early retirement...not interested in the kids bit though

Could you give some examples of such countries?

pick any of the dozens of countries which uses jus soli in any form.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

pick any of the dozens of countries which uses jus soli in any form.

Interesting. Had to look that one up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

The map is very interesting.

Jus soli is observed by less than 20% of the world's countries[4], the United States being the largest practitioner.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Originally Posted by Platapus

One has to remember that these children probably do not remember all the places they went (how much to you really remember about your home when you were 5 if you moved away?

I would also imagine that the memory of the children is jumbled because they moved so often they probably would get stuff mixed up.

Yeah well how much do you remember about your hometown from when you were five? There's a lot of fuzzy spots from when I was 3-6, but the different places are distinct in my memory. There are some places/things that you just can't confuse with each other True, the younger ones aren't going to remember much, but the older two might.