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Poland citizenship through a great-great-grandparent
No legal limit, heavy evidentiary lift
Poland has no generational cap, so this claim is legally possible — but you must document an unbroken chain across four generations of 20th-century upheaval, which defeats most cases in practice.
Same unbroken-chain analysis as all Polish claims, across more generations.
The ancestor almost certainly emigrated pre-1920 at this depth — meaning the claim usually runs through a younger generation instead.
Check whether a nearer ancestor (great-grandparent or grandparent) holds the actual claim.
Archive-first: a negative State Archives search ends the question cheaply.
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Take the free eligibility test — it walks through the exact rules above for your specific ancestor and dates.
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