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* Parents are citizens.

If a person has one or both parents who are citizens of a given state, then the person is normally a citizen of that state as well.

Citizenship granted in this fashion is referred to by the Latin phrase jus sanguinis meaning " right of blood " and means that citizenship is granted based on ancestry or ethnicity, and is related to the concept of a nation state common in Europe.

A person could be born outside of the physical territory of a country, but if his or her parents are citizens, then the child is a citizen as well.

States normally limit the right to citizenship by descent to a certain number of generations born outside the state.

This form of citizenship is common in civil law countries.