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Hi all! My great grandmother was born into a Slavonian family. I was told that her mother was ethnically Croatian and her father ethnically Serbian. Well I located her mother’s baptism record from Slavonia and.. she was orthodox. So she clearly would be considered a Serb from Croatia. Does this disqualify me from citizenship by descent in Croatia? I have one ship manifest where the clerk listed her as Croatian under the race or people category, but I fear the baptism record will override this. I’m aware that article 11 is supposed to be territorial but I’ve heard mixed info pertaining to people with a orthodox background. Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated!

I was born into a JW family and raised as one up until I was about 12 years old. The majority of my family are still active in the organization, and most of them are very hardcore followers. My parents both were disfellowshipped when I was a child, and consequently shunned by their families and friends. Me and my sister were thankfully never baptized, but because of this, other family members would CONSTANTLY try to “recruit” us and convince us to go to meetings with them. Inviting us to parties and fun activities that of course our parents were not allowed to go to with us. We would try our best to avoid answering them directly and play it off like we were busy with other things just to be polite. This slowly became less frequent as it was clear to them we were not interested in this organization at all. Especially after watching the toll it had on our parent’s wellbeing. But the pressure and “recruiting” STILL has never fully went away. Here I am at almost 26 years old and still dealing with these people that just don’t get the hint. I own a small family business with certain customers that have shopped there since my JW grandfather owned it, and knew my parents when they were active in the organization. Lately it seems they are more desperate for numbers than ever, and I can’t go a month without one of them trying to convince me to come back to “the truth”. Especially around the memorial every year. I try my best to be cordial and not tell them I think their whole “religion” is just a cult built on lies. As these are paying customers after all. But every time it happens I’m closer and closer to telling them how I feel with zero sugar coating, and if I lose them as customers then thats the price that needs to be paid. It will really start to wear your patience thin. I wanted to make this post to give yet another example of the lingering effect this cult has had on so many people’s life. Even those of us that haven’t been involved since 12 years old. Thank you all for reading!