Hi, so as the title states I would like to become a Portuguese citizen to try and fix my family, it's really broken. I have no help from anyone trying to pull information together due to various reasons which will become prevalent later on in this post. Now a bit of history so you know where I'm coming from.
I'm a 24-year-old Australian. My mother was born in Caracas, Venezuala to an Irish father, a Dutch mother and is a naturalised Australian citizen. My father was born in Sydney, Australia to Portuguese parents. I don't know my grandfather's name but my grandmother was named Maria Antonia Graca Da Silva, she died giving birth to my father.
They had me when they were 18 and 17 respectively. When I was very young my father left and I didn't meet him again until I was 12. When I met him at 12 he told me he was moving to England to get married. This kinda screwed me up hard and I've been an incredibly angry person ever since. I met two of my aunts, and my cousin when I was about 20. Not long after I met them I agreed to meet my father again with the intention of decking him and walking away. But when I saw him I decided against it and have tried to mend ties ever since. It's still really awkward and I still get very angry at him for seemingly no reason, I also don't know a large portion of my family including a sister I don't know anything about other than her first name.
I don't know a lot about any of my family other than what I've picked up in general conversation, I do know that my father is a Portuguese citizen though.
So I've taken it upon myself to try to track down members of my scattered family and I don't really feel comfortable bringing it up with my family because while they are family, I barely know them and to be quite honest, I don't trust people I don't know. But I really would love to learn a lot more about my heritage during that time and I've found that the best way is to live among it.
So my question to you guys is. Where do I start in becoming a Portuguese citizen, I really have no idea and just a starting point would be great for me to try and figure the rest out.
I'm a 24-year-old Australian. My mother was born in Caracas, Venezuala to an Irish father, a Dutch mother and is a naturalised Australian citizen. My father was born in Sydney, Australia to Portuguese parents. I don't know my grandfather's name but my grandmother was named Maria Antonia Graca Da Silva, she died giving birth to my father.
They had me when they were 18 and 17 respectively. When I was very young my father left and I didn't meet him again until I was 12. When I met him at 12 he told me he was moving to England to get married. This kinda screwed me up hard and I've been an incredibly angry person ever since. I met two of my aunts, and my cousin when I was about 20. Not long after I met them I agreed to meet my father again with the intention of decking him and walking away. But when I saw him I decided against it and have tried to mend ties ever since. It's still really awkward and I still get very angry at him for seemingly no reason, I also don't know a large portion of my family including a sister I don't know anything about other than her first name.
I don't know a lot about any of my family other than what I've picked up in general conversation, I do know that my father is a Portuguese citizen though.
So I've taken it upon myself to try to track down members of my scattered family and I don't really feel comfortable bringing it up with my family because while they are family, I barely know them and to be quite honest, I don't trust people I don't know. But I really would love to learn a lot more about my heritage during that time and I've found that the best way is to live among it.
So my question to you guys is. Where do I start in becoming a Portuguese citizen, I really have no idea and just a starting point would be great for me to try and figure the rest out.
