In a message dated 3/21/2006 8:00:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, Arleen writes: By rite if you were born in the US you are a US citizen. I know of one man who was born here in Chicago, parents returned to Poland (before he was 19) and he later immigrated from Poland(at age 25) as a US citizen by birth rite. His sibs also born here remained in Poland and claimed Polish citizenship. Dave and Arleen, I have a contorted version of this issue. My ggparents immigrated to US circa 1887. My gpa was born at that time, but no other siblings. GGpa got citizenship in 1892; two children born by that time in Chicago were of course citizens by birth. After several more years and another child, they returned to Poland. There more children born there were effectively citizens of US because of his citizenship, and, oh, by the way, also Polish citizens. Children born in US also considered Polish citizens because of parents birth in Poland. They all came back to US 1906. My ggparents might not have been able to get into US had they not been citizens; they both had tuburculosis, and both died about 6 months after return to US. Apparently, according to a 'cousin' born in Poland who is now US citizen, it is difficult to not be a Polish citizen; anyone born in US of Polish parents becomes one and you have to specifically renounce citizenship to not be one. THeoretically, all of us with Polish blood can go to Polish consulate and get a Polish passport...... he did for his son born in US.... Anettka