« Reply #38 on: Wednesday 21 April 21 14:24 BST (UK) »
nationality is. a. strange thing...I always think. of. myself as very British, although ive only got English...with a small dash of German....blood, in my veins as far as I know....because I think ive been very much. influenced by the other countries in the uk too.
my nephews. wife is. an. interesting case....father danish, mother German....lived in the USA. from ages 3 to 14....living in Germany....has a danish passport but doesn't speak a word of the language.
I think Leeds united pulled a. clever trick a few years ago ....they realised that a lot of Australians could, in theory, qualify to play for England....so they signed. a lot of. talented young lads and made. them sign to say that, if they were to ever play international football, it would be for England.
Leeds knew there was little chance they'd. all be. chosen for England, although they might have been chosen for Australia.
so with this. trick. they made.sure most of. them wouldn't be lost. to international. duty
That's because one of their grandparents was born in England. I remember one football manager (Charlton) of a national team publicly asking any professinal club footballer in Britain who had Irish grandparents to contact him. That team managed to be one of the teams who progressed to the last 16 in the World Cup.
A few years ago one of my grandsons had difficulty with his EU passport. His parents are English but he was born in Germany when his father had a contract to work there. As soon as a child reaches adulthood they are not covered by their parents' passport/nationality and the British passport officials insisted grandson had to refer any query about his passport to the German authorities.
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