r/bermuda • u/Professional-Tea7358 • 5h ago
So, I can’t become a citizen.
Apparently, because my father and grandfather (both born & raised in Bermuda—in Paget and Pembroke Parishes) are deceased, and can’t do DNA tests in Bermuda, I’m not allowed to become a citizen. My dad died in 2010 and my grandfather died in 2013. I’m 30 years old and perfectly fit to take one—but, Bermuda refuses to allow me to take a DNA test to prove paternity specifically because they are deceased.
Apparently, it’s illegal under Bermuda law for me to take a DNA test to prove paternity of my illegitimate father with unmarried grandparents (his parents were not married when he was born in 1955). My grandparents, born in 1927 & 1933, are both deceased. Oh, well.
That also means my dad’s birth certificate will permanently have a blank space under “Father’s Name”, due to the DNA law.
So, I can’t become an English citizen & can’t become a Bermudian citizen. Because of a blank name on a birth certificate from 71 years ago, and all 3 culprits involved are deceased (my dad & his parents, my paternal grandparents).
All I can do is, cancel my English passport application and cancel everything else to get my belongings back. I’m so devastated and angry. But, it’s not my decision (nor did I ask to be born in America, which—in this politically disgusting country—quite frankly, has me wishing I would’ve been born in England somewhere) and for the rest of my life, there's nothing I can do about it. All I can do is, suck it up & move on from this whole complicated, legally petty & angering ordeal.
Situations like this is why I might start believing in no sex until marriage. Hooking up & promiscuity have been disgusting to me, my entire life. Now I know why.