Hi I agree with Noel, no simple answer......... When I was born in a military hospital in Germany I had no right to British nationality. . I have papers which say I was "stateless" My mother was born in Ireland and my father in Rawalpindi. My father was furious, he was a British Army officer. He flew to England to the Home Office and a year later he managed to get paperwork through and get me a passport Whilst fighting for this he discovered HE didn't have British nationality either! His mother was born near Quetta, to a Scottish father and a mother born in the USA to Welsh man! His father in Darjeeling to parents also born in India. A real muddle..............I found out years later that I could have had Irish nationality automatically but he wanted a British daughter. Cathy Now in Devon!

Cathy, was your father born before 1947, when Rawalpindi was part of the British Empire? Everything I have read seems to indicate indicates that he would have had British nationality, so I would be interested to know if I have been misinterpreting things. Cheers Maureen On 16/08/2015, at 11:38 PM, cathy via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi > > I agree with Noel, no simple answer......... > > When I was born in a military hospital in Germany I had no right to British > nationality. . I have papers which say I was "stateless" > My mother was born in Ireland and my father in Rawalpindi. > > My father was furious, he was a British Army officer. He flew to England to > the Home Office and a year later he managed to get paperwork through and get > me a passport > Whilst fighting for this he discovered HE didn't have British nationality > either! His mother was born near Quetta, to a Scottish father and a mother > born in the USA to Welsh man! > His father in Darjeeling to parents also born in India. > > A real muddle..............I found out years later that I could have had > Irish nationality automatically but he wanted a British daughter. > > Cathy > Now in Devon! > > > > > >

Hello listers, My 3xgreat grandfather was born in 1852, to British-born mother and father who had married in Lahore in 1848. Father in the EIC. It had never occurred to me that he would be Indian! It was probably never an issue he had to deal with, but you have all made me wonder! Any comments? Lyn