Her step father was an American Orginally from Italy. They were shortly she married, she never gained citizenship through him.on her birth certificate it speaks of her adoption, hopefully that's enough. Thanks for the help

To add, on her birth certificate it says she's an Italian citizen.

He was Italian but we know nothing about him just his name. They were never married. It says nothing on my grandmothers birth certificate about him (she took her mothers last name). Why would I need his information? From what I understand my grandma could hold italaincitizenship before 1948, but not ...

Just double checking with what you guys think but I'm pretty sure I qualify. I'm applying for citizenship through my paternal side (my dads mother). She was born in 1934 and came to the USA in 1947. She married an American in 1955 and had my father in 1958. For some reason, she did not naturalize ...

I have two main questions about a name change and the 1948 rule.

I want to obtain citizenship through my grandmother who was born in 1930 in italy. She eventually moved to the usa and married my grandfather and had my father in 1957. She waited until 1967 to become a naturalized citizen of the US ...