The Case It may happen that an Australian citizen, born in Australia to a parent who is also an Italian citizen, would like to obtain an Italian passport. Let's see what the Italian law provides in these cases and what rights those living abroad would have. General Rule Under the Italian law citizenship is obtained by descent (" ius sanguinis "). This means that if one parent is an Italian citizen, the child is also considered to be an Italian citizen from the birth. Born Ove