Dual-Citizenship
This weekend, while going through some family history research, my mom brought up the possibility that I might be able to apply for dual-citizenship in Scotland based on the fact that my great great grandfather was a Scottish citizen. I got pretty excited about the possibility of getting a Scottish passport and being able to travel around europe with a Scottish disguise. But from the little research I’ve done it looks like the farthest back relative you can claim is a grandparent and my mother would have had to have claimed Scottish citizenship before I was born. I will keep researching though and see if I can find a loop hole.

I did learn some interesting facts about the old family. My great great grandfather, David Oliver, was known as “David the sweet singer of Israel”. One of his sons, James Oliver, was a traveller for the ‘Singer Sewing Machine Co.’ Unfortunately, James died ‘suddenly while curling in Saskatoon’. Bummer way to go, eh?

David Oliver was from Roxboroughshire, Scotland. I might have to dial up a Neighborhoodie sweatshirt to fully represent the motherland.