That supports your case! Buona fortuna, amico/a!

“My Italian Family” is the name of the service.

The law changed to reflect that when your ancestor naturalized, if his/her child (your relative) was a minor (18 or 21, depending on the date your ancestor naturalized), then the child lost Italian citizenship too.

The reason this matters is that your ancestor who emigrated lost citizenship, period, when naturalized. But if s/he had children before naturalization, then the children might be citizens.

The “might be” used to be “are”. It didn’t matter if the child was a minor until very recently, on October 3rd.

If you don’t want to use the company above to evaluate whether you are eligible, the Dual U.S.-Italian Citizenship group on Facebook is invaluable (I use a shill account there) and their website, dualusitalian.com has all of the details too.

I had my Italian citizenship recognized a couple years back, in preparation for what happened in November and earlier this week.

The best city, from what I’ve heard, would be Bologna. It’s supposed to be the most liberal city in all of Italy. However, the current government is not favorable to LGBTQIA+ people.

That says, Italian citizenship grants you the right of domicile in 27 countries, I believe. Consisting of the EU, Iceland, and Panama. (Going from memory.)

One thing to consider is that the law surrounding recognition of Italian citizenship through blood has changed. As of October 3, 2024, a new interpretation of an old law made it so 80% of those who could claim citizenship, now cannot.

There are services you can hire to evaluate whether you are eligible. I hired My Italian Family to provide that initial consultation, then I gathered most of the documents myself.

That said, what worked for me may not work for you. I’m not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. I’m also not qualified to give life advice. I’m merely sharing my experience.

This can be risky unless you are registered as a non-profit or as a for-profit organization that helps to solicit and collect donations. This requires insurance and registration with state authorities.

This isn’t as simple as you wrote if you are operating within the United States.

Source: I tried to do something like this about 10 years ago, and recently looked at trying again. I’m also a risk consultant for banks, by day.

Disclaimer: The above is not intended to be legal nor financial advice. I am not a lawyer nor an accountant.