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Hungary citizenship through a great-great-grandparent
Still legally open — rare in practice
Hungary's simplified naturalization has no depth limit, so even this works if you can document the line and speak Hungarian — one applicant traced a great-great-grandfather via Slovak archives.
Same simplified-naturalization rules at any depth.
Documentation across 5 generations and 1800s church books is the real constraint.
Locate the ancestor's village and church records first — they anchor everything.
The language requirement does not get easier with depth: start early.
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