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1948 Case via GGM (Court of Turin) + Tajani Generational Limits — Seeking Strategy Advice

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Looking for strategy advice on navigating a 1948 case involving a great-grandmother in light of the Tajani Decree / Law 74/2025 generational limits. My GGM was born in Cigliano (Vercelli/Piedmont) in 1901 and naturalized in the US in August 1947, well after my grandmother was born in 1939. This gives me a solid, unbroken 1948 maternal line, but because I am three generations down from my Italian-born ancestor, I am blocked by the administrative generational cap and need to file judicially in the Court of Turin (Tribunale Ordinario di Torino).

For anyone with active cases or working with an avvocato in Turin: How are judges there currently handling 1948 petitions through great-grandparents? Are they actively issuing stays pending the CJEU/Constitutional Court reviews on retroactivity, or proceeding based on acquired rights? Also, would you recommend gathering all certified/apostilled records to file and secure a Ruolo Generale (RG) number now, or waiting to see how the European courts rule? Appreciate any recent experiences or insights!

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u/Strong-Debate563 — 20 hours ago

▲ 67 r/AncestryDNA

Truly Unique Combo

Just wanted to share my mix because I think it’s pretty unique! My dad is French Canadian/Italian from New England, and my mom is Hawaiian/Filipino/Japanese/White from Hawaii. The AncestryDNA breakdown was incredibly accurate.

Even cooler story: we got my maternal grandmother to take a test. She was adopted and never knew who her biological father was. She ended up matching with a half-sisters, and they've since had a wonderful, wholesome reunion!

u/Strong-Debate563 — 1 month ago

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Hi all, I’m working on a Canadian citizenship by descent application (C3) and have hit a bit of a wall regarding documentation for my great-grandmother.

I’ve managed to locate her baptismal register entry from a Quebec Catholic parish dated November 1894. It’s a handwritten entry in the parish register book, signed by the officiating priest, and includes her full name, parents’ names, godparents, and date of baptism.

The problem: I cannot locate an actual baptismal certificate (the standalone document issued to the family). All I have is the register entry — essentially a photo/scan of the page in the priest’s record book.
My questions:
1. Has anyone successfully used a parish register entry rather than a formal baptismal certificate for a C3 application?
2. Does IRCC accept certified copies of register entries from BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)?
3. Do I need a certified translator for the document even though French is one of Canada’s official languages?
4. Any other tips for documenting ancestry this far back (1894)?
For records this old from Quebec, I suspect the register entry may be all that exists — but I’d love to hear from anyone who has navigated this successfully.

Thanks in advance!

u/Strong-Debate563 — 4 months ago