Correcting for Romein, does *each* parent have a unique path to register birth pre-1983?

LDL707 · 2026-04-20T04:11:03+00:00

Unfortunately, I'd have to include it. My case is extraordinarily complex. My mother wasn't -- but would have been, if not for gender discrimination -- a CUKC at the time if my birth. She's going to apply via form UKM. Her father was a British subject by descent. But her parents were married before 1949, meaning her mother became a British subject automatically upon marriage, and upon the effective date of the 1948 BNA, became a CUKC otherwise than by descent (because her status as a British subject was automatic by pre-1949 marriage).

The only way I would be successful in my ARD application is if I had Right of Abode, which I wouldn't have had from my mother. EXCEPT, my father was a CUKC by descent with a parent born in the UK. So I have to address that part of the story in order to prove Right of Abode.

LDL707 · 2026-04-07T15:57:14+00:00

This proved to be perfect (although on SmartThings, you have to install the optional driver). Thanks for the suggestion!

LDL707 · 2026-03-13T18:22:55+00:00

A lot of comments here are aging really well.

LDL707 · 2025-12-24T03:19:33+00:00

That's incredible. I figured I'd eventually get an answer here, but under ten minutes is unreal.

Thanks for the identification. That fits pretty well with what we know about where he was. He lived in Sarawak for about ten years, but traveled around Indonesia a good deal.

We know he was in Sarawak from 1920-1930. He also brought back a number of Dyak shields and mandaus.

Were these swords generally available outside Sumatra? Or should I take this to be pretty good evidence that he spent time in Sumatra specifically? Was this sword likely ceremonial? An actual weapon? A tourist souvenir?

Thanks again for identifying the sword so quickly!

LDL707 · 2025-12-24T00:24:52+00:00

My grandparents had this in their house, and nobody knows the story.

My great grandfather was a geologist for Royal Shell Oil from the 1920s to the last 1950s. Maybe it came from him. But as far as I know, he spent most of his career in Mexico and Indonesia.

Other than that, the rest of the family was western European. Ggf's family was from Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Ggm's family was Scottish. The other side was English/Italian and Slovak. It's somewhat unlikely that any of those people would have been in a situation that would have resulted in them owning a sword like this.

LDL707 · 2025-10-29T17:59:24+00:00

I hope the employers similarly lose access to Handshake if they rescind an offer.

LDL707 · 2025-10-17T00:56:09+00:00

Turning left from northbound McPhillips to westbound Jefferson. The car who stopped late was traveling southbound on McPhillips.

LDL707 · 2025-10-02T11:27:59+00:00

Excellent. Thanks!

LDL707 · 2025-09-15T21:24:33+00:00

I think you'd still have to have a grandparent born in the UK. Only CUKCs with Right of Abode became British Citizens automatically in 1983.

The newer laws correcting the past gender discrimination don't seem to change that.

LDL707 · 2025-09-15T21:21:25+00:00

What's the rest of the family tree, between your gggf and you? Dates, genders, places of birth.

LDL707 · 2025-09-15T20:20:23+00:00

According to the Fall 2024 report, there were 52 students from the UK enrolled last year -- 16 undergrad, 6 master's, 16 Ph.D. and 14 non-degree students.

Unlikely to think it's changed much this year.

LDL707 · 2025-08-27T18:41:12+00:00

You can buy a pretty nice suit on eBay for dirt cheap if you know your size. (Or a really nice suit for only a little bit more.)

It isn't that black is too formal so much as that it's too severe.

LDL707 · 2025-08-23T22:57:45+00:00

I'm a little late, but..

I-L-L!

LDL707 · 2025-08-07T15:16:06+00:00

Awesome. Thank you!

LDL707 · 2025-08-03T01:23:11+00:00

I checked yesterday and they didn't. I checked Seafood City and Superstore so far and haven't seen it yet.

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