matthew wrote: > Hello Everyone fast easy question, I bet, for you folks in the know > about these things. > > My Mother's Father is from an Albanian community in Bari, Italy. > > He has told me this community has been there for hundreds of years, > and he says he is Albanian. Although he has never been to Albania in > his life (nor had any of his family for many generations). > > So does this make him Italian, since the community is in Italy, that > is what I think, or Albanian as he claims? > > I kind of think of the question as if a Chinese person is born in > Chinatown in New York City, they are, American, although culturally > Chinese. > > Any insights into this is would be great, I wonder what the "official" > ruling is on this question. > > Thanks in advanced for anyone who could help. > > Sincerely, > Matthew Where was he born ? If he was born in Italy, that makes him Italian. -- Anne Chambers, South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

On Dec 20, 10:54 pm, Anne Chambers <a...@privacy.net> wrote: > matthew wrote: > > Hello Everyone fast easy question, I bet, for you folks in the know > > about these things. > > > My Mother's Father is from an Albanian community in Bari, Italy. > > > He has told me this community has been there for hundreds of years, > > and he says he is Albanian. Although he has never been to Albania in > > his life (nor had any of his family for many generations). > > > So does this make him Italian, since the community is in Italy, that > > is what I think, or Albanian as he claims? > > > I kind of think of the question as if a Chinese person is born in > > Chinatown in New York City, they are, American, although culturally > > Chinese. > > > Any insights into this is would be great, I wonder what the "official" > > ruling is on this question. > > > Thanks in advanced for anyone who could help. > > > Sincerely, > > Matthew > > Where was he born ? If he was born in Italy, that makes him Italian. > > -- > Anne Chambers, > South Australia > anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com 1 Vote Italian! Cool. I do not have the specific area, but it was in Bari, Italy. So, I am with you in the thinking that he is Italian. Maybe he would be called, an Italian-born, Albanian? Maybe... I just do not know if there is a standard convention for this. Thanks so far for all of your Answers!