How do I know if my Italian surname is entitled to Italian citizenship?
The term citizenship indicates the relationship between an individual and the state, and is in particular a "status",
called civitatis, to which the legal system binds the fullness of civil and political rights. In Italy, the modern
concept of citizenship was born when the unitary state was established, and is currently a "norm". In short, the Italian system,
in fact, applies mainly a criterion for granting citizenship (called Iure sanguinis), according to which the child of Italian
parents is an Italian citizen. This is an automatism that occurs at the time of birth: the child is Italian iure sanguinis,
whether the father or mother, or both, are Italian citizens, wherever the birth took place. Therefore, the basic principle
of Italian nationality is the "jus sanguinis." In other words, the legitimate child of an Italian father or Italian mother
is an Italian citizen.