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Posted on: November 5, 2026Best DNA Tests for Polish Ancestry
For most people with Polish roots, the best DNA test is MyHeritage DNA. It reads your whole genome, it reaches relatives in Poland and the rest of Europe better than the US-centered companies, and it gives men their paternal Y-DNA haplogroup at no extra cost….
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Posted on: November 1, 2026Polish Ancestors Who Moved to Canada: Could You Claim Canadian Citizenship?
Polish ancestors who settled in Canada may have left you a Canadian citizenship claim under Bill C-3. See the key dates, records and how the claim works.
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Posted on: November 1, 2026Polish Citizenship and US Law: Do You Have to Give Up Your American Citizenship?
Is dual US-Polish citizenship allowed? What current law says, what the proposed Exclusive Citizenship Act would do, and what it means for a Polish claim.
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Posted on: November 1, 2026Where to Apply for Polish Citizenship Confirmation: Consulate or Voivode?
How filing works for Polish citizenship by descent: consulate vs Voivode, the representative you need in Poland, fees, documents and the appeal deadline.
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Posted on: November 1, 2026Ancestors Born in Former Eastern Poland (Lviv, Vilnius, Kresy): Can You Still Claim Polish Citizenship?
Ancestors born in Lwów, Wilno or the Kresy may still qualify. See how interwar Poland, the partitions and 1945 affect a Polish citizenship claim.
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Posted on: November 1, 2026What Breaks the Chain of Polish Citizenship? Naturalization, Foreign Military Service and Marriage
Naturalization, foreign army service and marriage could end Polish citizenship before 1951. Learn the key dates and what officials check in descent claims.
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Posted on: November 1, 2026Polish Citizenship for Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren: How Many Generations Qualify?
One question comes up more than almost any other in our inbox: “My great-grandfather was Polish — am I too many generations removed to qualify?” The good news is that, unlike many other European citizenship-by-descent programs, Poland places no cap on the number of generations…
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Posted on: October 1, 2026MyHeritage vs. AncestryDNA for Polish Ancestry: Which DNA Test Should You Take?
If you’re descended from Polish immigrants and want to confirm, extend, or double-check what the paper records say, a DNA test is one of the fastest ways to find living relatives you didn’t know you had — both in the United States and in Poland…
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Posted on: May 8, 2026What It Means to Reclaim Your Polish Heritage
Something shifts when you find the record. It might be a baptism entry in a priest’s handwriting, or a ship manifest with your great-grandmother’s name in a column headed “last place of residence,” or a photograph in a yizkor book of a street that no…
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Posted on: May 8, 2026The Story of the Polish Diaspora: Why Millions Left Poland
Roughly 20 million people around the world identify as Polish by descent. The great-grandchildren of emigrants who left a century ago. Survivors of WWII who never went home. Children of Solidarity activists who fled martial law in the 1980s. And a new generation of economic…