This book is the property of your family.
Every way your family could hold a second country, from the law: a right you already have, a claim through a grandparent, a pension, a job, savings. Then someone to keep it ready.
postern, n. the small private gate in a castle wall.
Free · Two minutes
Most members keep theirs in reserve and never move. Your answer decides which doors we show first and what we would do this year.
Each time, the families with somewhere to turn had choices the rest did not.
Not a prediction. A pattern, as old as passports. A second country, held quietly and kept current, is what let ordinary families decide for themselves. That is what this book finds for yours.
You’re a U.S. citizen.
Free. About a minute.
We show you the law behind every answer.
Answer the questions on the previous page and your answer appears here.
You have four grandparents and eight great-grandparents. Any one of them can open a door this one didn’t. It takes another minute.
If your spouse qualifies, you can live and work there with them, and usually become a citizen after a few years of marriage.
Countries let a family in for what it has as much as for who its grandparents were. Bands are enough; the law is written in bands.
Italy rewrote its descent law in 2025. Germany opened new routes in 2021. Portugal, Spain and Greece offer residence to retirees and remote workers. We save your answers, re-run them every time a law changes, and email you the day something opens for your family.
One button runs your family’s plan, step by step. Practice once a year so it works when it counts.
The drill
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