what happens if you give birth abroad
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Different countries have different rules. America is a famous example of citizenship by birth. Where if you’re born in America, you automatically get citizenship.
Most countries don’t do that. Instead most countries will insist on the baby having the same citizenship as the parents. (America does this too. So American babies born abroad are still American.)
Most countries don’t care if you have multiple citizenships, so for example, if you have a German father, a Brazilian mother, and were born in the USA you would have citizenship of each of those countries.
Some countries, like China, do not allow their citizens to hold other citizenship, so if you’re a Chinese citizen and want American citizenship, you will have your Chinese citizenship revoked. Whereas America doesn’t care. They’re cool with you being a citizen of both places. Chinese citizenship can be by parents or by naturalization but they do not do birthright citizenship.
I’m sure there are situations I’ve not covered. But that probably covers a lot of them.
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