One-third nationality

[dkng]

Is it possible to be genetically one-third of a nationality e.g. 1/3 English, 1/3 Scottish etc.?

[spacechimp]

well, nationality is not genetic, so in short, no.

[Mudman]

But what if you were born on the French, Belgian and German border split?

[dkng]

Sorry i didnt mean genetically. What i'm trying to say is that anyone can assume a new nationality by gaining citizenship in another country and thus can be dual nationality, tri-nationality etc. and be for example, half british half french or 1/3 british, 1/3 french, 1/3 spanish. I suppose i mean your 'inherited' nationality from your parents.

[Mudman]

I've met a guy who had an Australian, a British and an Italian passport. Something to do with his parents nationalities but it didn't make much sense. Strange accent too.

[Ethmer]

i don't think so. i think your "genetic" nationality has to be a sum divisible by 2 because it always takes two parents to create your genetic code. Example:

German male + German female = German

German male + English female = 1/2 each

German male + 1/2 English & 1/2 German female = 3/4 German & 1/4 English

Another example:

German male + English female = 1/2 each

1/2 German & 1/2 English male + Scottish female = 1/4 German, 1/4 English + 1/2 Scottish.

It appears that the divisions are always a whole, halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc. Never a fraction divisible by 3.

[nicnicnic]

Couldn't you have parents of different nationalities, i.e. english and spanish, then be born in france? Would that count? As you parents' nationality and your place of birth are all important?!?! Tough question