In order to successfully complete the process, we need to establish a bond between you and an italian ancestor. This ancestor’s dubbed “dante causa” since they’re the one passing on the right to italian citizenship to you.
It’s necessary to build the genealogical tree generation after generation, thus revealing the bond between you and the dante causa in order to authenticate the fact they’re passing onto you the right to italian citizenship
If you already have some information on your italian ancestor, all you need to get started is to grab a pen and a piece of paper.
In this piece of paper you’ll write down your name, your parent’s names, grandparent’s names, your great-grandparents names and so on – creating your italian lineage transmission line until you get to your italian ancestor who’s dante causa. With the names written down, the first draft is complete and from there we’ll start the research to uncover dates and places of birth, marriage and death of all the people in this line.
If you don’t know whether you have an italian ancestor or not, the first step is to inquire for any stories of someone coming from Italy to your country at some point with your parents, grandparents and older relatives. Once an italian ancestor is identified, we can now draft your tree and begin the discovery.
Now, if there’s absolutely no one that can help you identify the ancestor, we can reverse order and start by issuing your own birth certificate to find info about your parents and grandparents and begin our discovery journey from there.
After that we’ll request the death, marriage and birth certificates of the generations that came before you. Going back in time through the records you might find that your great-grandparent from your dad’s side was Italian by reading your grandparent’s marriage certificate for example.
