Humm.  So I'm an alien, but some relatives and friends are in?  Been called a foreigner all my life and find this designation unacceptable.  Hard for me to accept being kicked off the canoe.  

So the descendants of those who captured the Kingdom, the usurpers, would become citizens of the sovereign state.  Not implying the descendants are bad people due to the sins of their fore bearers, but....    Hmmm...  .