But the lineage goes back one generation too far for me, I think. My great-grandmother came to the United States as a small child with her parents. As far as I can, I've traced our ancestry back to the Aran Islands. I know prior to that, there was immigration from Spain to Ireland and to Scotland, but I've not found anything on the Scots side of things... nor have I looked at the Spain lineage. I do know it's all on my Mom's side of the family, maternal side at that. My great-grandfather (My Mom's grandfather) was American Indian. Grandma said when they got mad, you just got out of the way. (gryn) I NEVER saw either one of them mad!

Unfortunately, all is lost on my Dad's side of the family. The Great Depression tore his family apart. I never knew any of them, and he had no idea where any of them were. He joined the military as soon as he could reasonably lie about his age for WWII. The most I ever got out of him was English... maybe French Alsace. He really didn't know.

I figure I'm stuck here. I'm a mutt of the first order! But I'd LOVE to move to Ireland!!!!!!!

my mum was never an American citizen but I will stay and fight fascism

And they got especially hard hit during COVID. But with an EU passport you could move anywhere else in the Schengen Agreement zone, which is different than the EU boundaries

If only my grandparents had been born in Sweden instead of the United States. Great-grandparents were born in Sweden, but they don't count. One generation too far.

Wishing you the best of luck. May the process go as smoothly as possible.

My father was born a British subject (in 1909; his parents brought their family over here in 1911), which is supposed to entitle me to dual US/UK citizenship, according to what I've read. I doubt I'll ever do anything about it, though. As tempting as the thought is these days, the older my husband and I get, the more daunting the thought of moving to another country is. It would also be very expensive, I'm sure, and I don't see any way we'd ever be able to afford it. But I am all in favor of doing it, if one possibly can.

I just hope to God the Orange Hellbeast loses in November. If he doesn't, nothing will ever be the same. If we were LGBTQ or any color other than pasty white, going the expat route would probably look more appealing, but the motivation just isn't strong enough right now to make me want to fight past the financial obstacles. Again, I send my wishes for good luck to you and anyone else looking for a way to make it out of here!