Submitted by kefirdrinker69 t3_z41ft1 in pittsburgh
ParamedicCareful3840 t1_ixr8dt8 wrote
I am in the same boat, my grandfather was born in Hungary, I even paid a genealogist to get his birth certificate, but I honestly don’t want anything to do with Orban’s government (especially if Hungary is kicked out of the EU) so I am putting that on hold and looking at Slovakia and the Czech Republic (other side of the family) as they are doing something similar (and the language isn’t a requirement)
Anyway, the American Hungarian Library in NYC has language courses online. Hungarian is a very hard language to learn, it’s not really related to any other language (closest is Finnish). It doesn’t sound like you think it should, I have been to Hungary and it’s just so hard to even try and relate what you hear to what you read (like on the subway).
kefirdrinker69 OP t1_ixuaa61 wrote
Yeah I’m aware it’s hard, I was in Budapest for around 6 weeks. I know how it sounds phonetically - I was able to memorize all of that and some basic phrases but I think it could be a fun challenge to actually get to a decent level with the language
What is the Slovak citizenship opportunity you found? I looked into that too (family is actually from Slovakia but Hungary will issue citizenship for ancestors from Austria-Hungary) and it says you need to establish residency for 6 months from what I saw.
ParamedicCareful3840 t1_ixv1r1t wrote
It’s evolving, a new law was passed but the actual rules have not been spelled out. But it sounds like it will go back to great grandparent
https://nomadcapitalist.com/global-citizen/second-passport/slovakia-citizenship-by-descent/
kefirdrinker69 OP t1_ixv6g76 wrote
Oh wow!!! My great grandma was born in Slovak territory. Not sure how I’d find a birth certificate…. But this is something to consider
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