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A comment on Project outline for the first human head transplantation with spinal linkage.

Re:Project outline for the first human head transplantation ... by jzwinck on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @04:19AM (#7803450)
The paper envisions post-op reproduction as possible: "The chimera would carry the mind of the recipient but, should he or she reproduce, the offspring would carry the genetic inheritance of the donor."

If the head and the body came from citizens of two different countries, what citizenship would the child have, presuming it is born in a land where citizenship flows from that one parent?

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Re:Project outline for the first human head transplantation ... by PhasmaFelis on Thursday May 29, 2014 @01:57AM (#7814956)
Assuming a rational legal decision, as opposed to a pitchforks-and-torches one, I think that legal identity would have to be attached to the mind rather than the body. If the body currently belongs to a recognized citizen, then offspring of the body should be treated as offspring of the citizen, regardless of who may have previously owned it.
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Re:Project outline for the first human head transplantation ... by err4nt on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @09:01AM (#7804211)
It would be the same nationality as the parents Passport
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