Originally Posted by
roundtheworld
As I sarcastically said - "very simple".
In particular because quite a bit changed in 01/2008 and some wbesites have not been updated. The fact of the matter is to be found here:
http://www.bundesrecht.juris.de/bund...tag/gesamt.pdf
The principle behind it is very simple again: Becoming German simply based on your ancestors is getting more and more difficult. Becoming German based on living in Germany for a long time is getting easier. Dual citizenship is tolerated to a certain (quite large) extend.