Can a USA/Germany dual citizen pass dual citizenship onto descendants?

[CoronaKid 0]

2 hours ago, Quarknase said:

Correct, and I believe the child then needs to choose when they reach the age of 18. Germany is not too fond of "Mehrstaatigkeit" (multi citizenship). The only exception for US/DE dual citizenship in this scenario (I believe) is, if the child either grew up in Germany (and the second citizenship is that of the parents), or attended school/professional training in Germany.

I don't believe the child would need to choose a single citizenship at any point, if the child was born with dual citizenship and at least one of the parents is German. If you find a source that says the opposite, please post it.

[Quarknase 1,072]

32 minutes ago, CoronaKid said:

I don't believe the child would need to choose a single citizenship at any point, if the child was born with dual citizenship and at least one of the parents is German. If you find a source that says the opposite, please post it.

I think you are right - only children of parents without German citizenship seem to be required to do so. I’m still not 100% sure since I know that Germany is very interested in preventing dual citizenship unless there are valid reasons for it. Being able to pass it on indefinitely seems like something they wouldn’t want. But until there’s a valid source, I assume that’s actually the case.