To ask if you have 4 British Grandparents?

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In conversation with friends last night about the perks of still having an EU passport I discovered I was the only one with all 4 Grandparents being British.

DH also has 1 non British Grandparent and now when I really think about it so do a lot of my other friends. I would say the majority have an Irish Grandparent but also Spanish, Indian, Chinese, Polish, Maltese and Italian amongst my close friends.

I recall reading somewhere that 25% of British people could get an Irish passport so I guess I’m now wondering if having all 4 British Grandparents are not being entitled to any other nationality is actually quite uncommon?

Yes I do, and so does DH. Shame we can’t get EU passports!

Many of them did know, but they didn’t care in the slightest. “I just want out”, was a common refrain.

1 English, 1 Irish, 1 half Spanish/half Greek, 1 Welsh

And yes Me and my kids also have Irish passports!

Yes my eldest is ( somehow bizarrely) fluent in Spanish. He wants to go to work or study in Spain. It will be far more difficult for him than it was for my Brexit supporting BIL who went to live in Europe when he was young. I do think though that both the Tories and Labour will be quietly rowing back to Europe without scaring the horses saying so, because it has been such an unmitigated disaster and as you say, costing us huge amounts of money. Far more than EU membership cost us in 40 years.

Another way is to buy your first home in Spain or Portugal rather than the UK. This is the preferred route for a lot of young people I know who want an EEA passport.

Yes, 4 British grandparents. The earliest non-British grandparent is my great great grandmother who was Irish.

That sounds great. How does it work?

In Portugal you have to purchase a property in one ofcthe designated areas ( not the Algarve) for over £500,000.

Many of them did know, but they didn’t care in the slightest. “I just want out”, was a common refrain

There were quite a few comments on here saying that the only people who would be adversely affected were the Sophies and Olivers who wanted to do Erasmus years. And they didn't care about them.

Another way is to buy your first home in Spain or Portugal rather than the UK. This is the preferred route for a lot of young people I know who want an EEA passport

yes I was reading about this in the Times the other week, although I think some of the options are being closed down, at least in Portugal.

I have 2 British grandparents and 2 Irish grandparents. I am NC with my dad though (Irish side) and from the little research I’ve done I’d need his cooperation to get an Irish passport unfortunately.

2 British, 2 Irish for me. All 4 British for my husband. My kids have 4 British.

It is rather easy and Brexit should not have to stop you going and living or working abroad. All you have to do is get a golden visa. Most countries have it, just invest 1m Euros in a business, 2m in government bonds and in some countries just buy a property for 500k.

Easy! @MadeleineMummy

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All four British, I've researched family tree back to 1800s and everyone I've discovered is not only British but born within West midlands or Worcestershire so not a very adventurous family. Although if rumour is to be believed my ancestors on my paternal side where actually Hungarian travellers

Yep

Yes. Ive got back a few generations on both sides and never found anyone that was wasn't British. In fact almost all of them came from a relative small region, not much beyond a single English county.

Yes. All sadly passed away now

Two out of four for me.

1 Irish grandparent

The process for getting passport have been a lot more involved and expensive then I first anticipated. Mainly due to GP being deceased, paperwork destroyed and DF not remembering important info to order it.

One British grandparent on my father’s side. However, if she were still here she’d tell you she is Scottish, not British!

My mum's side of the family were Scottish, and my dads side were from Wiltshire. I'm mid 50's though

My 4 grandparents all grew up within 10 miles of me!!

2 Scottish
1 Irish
1 Lithuanian

My Irish and Lithuanian grandparents came to Scotland as infants in the very early 1900s, and considered themselves Scottish. I am in my 50s and not personally interested in a EU passport. My late mum never claimed her Irish or Lithuanian heritage so I think it is a bit late to take advantage of an EU passport for ds!!