citizenship
Can you become a U.S citizen even if you carry the last name of a non U.S citizen?
<p>U.S citizen pregnant with non U.S citizen baby both living in Germany.
If baby does not carry my last name but her fathers last name can she still be entitled to become a U.S citizen?</p>

<p>Under US law, names do not matter, what matters is the citizenship of the parents. As a US citizen, your children are automatically also US citizens. Whether or not the child also gains citizenship in the father's country depends on the laws of that country. Under <a href="https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1145516/1504_1220512362_law-on-citizenship-of-kosova.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kosovan citizenship law</a> art. 6, if one parent is born outside of R. of Kosova and both parents agree in writing that the child shall acquire Kosovan citizenship (which does not preclude US citizenship). The child does not gain German citizenship (unless the other parent is a German citizen).</p>
