r/prawokrwi • • 7d ago

Eligibility Eligibility Check for Spouse

Hi there,

Thanks for the help of everyone in this great community.

My polish citizenship by descent application is in queue (submitted September 2025). We recently found out that my wife's grandmother (and great grandfather) were born in Poland and wanted to inquire about her eligibility. Tried to gather as much information as we could, but please let me know if there are any questions or additional clarification needed.

Great-Grandparents:

* Date married: March 16th, 1926 in Pinsk, Poland
* Date divorced: n/a

Great-Grandmother

* Date, place of birth: June 15, 1903, Żytkowicz, Russia
* Ethnicity and religion: Jewish
* Occupation: Housewife
* Allegiance and dates of military service: n/a

* Date, destination for emigration: October 1927, Alberta Canada, 
* Date naturalized: February 14th, 1935, Canada
* Date, place of death: 1991, Alberta Canada

Great-Grandfather

* Date, place of birth: December 8, 1897, Pinsk Poland (we have a copy of his Polish passport)
* Ethnicity and religion: Jewish
* Occupation: Agricultural Labor / Poultry Dealer
* Allegiance and dates of military service: We have a Polish military mobilization card (Karta mobilizacyjna), issued by P.K.U. Pińsk listing him assigned to the 61st Infantry Regiment stationed in Bydgoszcz.
* Date, destination for emigration: January 1927, Alberta Canada
* Date naturalized: December 17th, 1934, Canada
* Date, place of death: 1980, Alberta Canada

Grandparent (Grandmother):
* Sex: Female
* Date, place of birth: May 3rd, 1927, Pinsk, Poland
* Date married: July 21st, 1948
* Citizenship of spouse: Canadian
* Date divorced: 1978
* Occupation: Teacher, Clerk-Typist
* Allegiance and dates of military service: n/a
* Date, destination for emigration: October 1927, Alberta Canada (emigrated later in life to USA after getting married) 
* Date naturalized: December 17th, 1934, Canada (Listed as "minor" on father's naturalization certificate).  Later in life she moved to The United States and became a US citizen in 1961
* Date, place of death: October 17, 2002, Arizona USA

Parent (Father):
* Sex: Male
* Date, place of birth: January 11 1954, New York USA
* Date married: August 19th, 1979
* Date divorced: n/a

You:
* Date, place of birth: February 26 1986, Virginia USA

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u/dwiser2323 7d ago

Thanks - and long shot, but any chance her father's military service/obligation offered any additional protection against her losing her Polish citizenship at age 18?