- Ludivina García is applying for Spanish citizenship based on her father fighting for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War. A new Spanish law allows citizenship for those with parents/grandparents who fled into exile during the war and Franco's dictatorship. - Around 500,000 people globally are now eligible for Spanish citizenship under this law. Many fled to places like France, Mexico, the Soviet Union, Britain and the US to escape Franco's authoritarian regime. - Those who fled now have the opportunity to reclaim the Spanish nationality that their ancestors were often forced to renounce. This allows people like García to resolve issues of identity having grown up outside of Spain with deep Spanish cultural ties.