Birth
A child acquires jus sanguinis Finnish citizenship at birth if
- the child's mother is a Finnish citizen;
- the child's father is a Finnish citizen and the parents are married;
- the child's father is a Finnish citizen, the child is born out of wedlock, and paternity has been established;
- the child's father who died before the child was born was a Finnish citizen and who was married to the child's mother at the time of his death; or
- the child's father, who died before the birth of the child, was a Finnish citizen and the child was born in Finland out of wedlock and the father's paternity was established.
Read more about this topic: Finnish Nationality Law
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