bloodlinerush
/ˈblʌdlaɪnˌrʌʃ/nounVerified NewA surge of citizenship-by-descent applications in one country, triggered by political shock in another.
Elections and referendums act as advertising for grandmothers' birthplaces: genealogy sites spike, parish registers are transcribed at speed, and consulates add staff. Nationality, it turns out, was in the family attic all along.
Etym. — bloodline + rush: ancestry suddenly in demand, like a commodity with a news cycle.
Rel. — tongueheirloom · descentdraft
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