Retire? Why quit when I’m having so much fun? That’s the sentiment these days from many classmates who are “nowhere near retirement yet!” Martha Freymann Miser, for example, loves her work, and she also has a book project going that will require a few years to finish. Meanwhile, Martha has also found time to travel with her husband, Andy. Their three kids and grandkids are distributed from Hartford to Austin and Amsterdam.
Martha’s visits to Europe are likely to be more numerous this year. She recently discovered that her grandfather’s citizenship in Luxembourg qualified her for citizenship, too. That means citizenship in both Luxembourg and the EU – and her whole family is entitled to the same privilege. Click on the photos below to see them larger and read some captions.
So now, you can finally add a genuine Luxembourger to your address book. “I was able to ‘reclaim’ my citizenship and now have a shiny new EU passport. Same for my siblings, children, cousins!”
I have heard similar stories related to Irish/EU citizenship. Especially with the future of the EU and the EU/UK relationship uncertain (and with the possibility of other citizenship looking attractive while politics at home are so distasteful), this would be a good time to take a close look at your own family tree for international potential. Martha tells us, with Luxembourg "it's a bit easier than Ireland. You needed to have an ancestor who immigrated and died after 1900. We had one blessed great-great-great-great grandma. It's a 'limited time only' offer until around 2018. So yes, move on it!"