Isabelle Penque was born in France, as the daughter of a Portuguese consul and his wife. She is originally from Lisbon and at the age of eighteen, began working in the French Foreign Service where she rose up to be an expert in French and Portuguese languages. During this period, she fell in love with a Portuguese officer, while participating in World War II in which Portugal became an international actor of the resistance movement against the German occupation. After the war, she was married to a Portuguese judge who became her partner in the law, nationality and religion, until he retired as an aristocrat.
During their marriage, Isabelle Penque took care of her mother, sisters and brother, providing them with a modest and comfortable life in England, while her husband went to work in the United States, Australia and Britain. However, when the war ended and Portugal remained neutral, she remained in England and they had three daughters. In 1950, they emigrated to Brazil, where her siblings took up Portuguese citizenship so as to avoid trouble in case of a war with Brazil, which happened at that time. For her part, Isabelle Penque believed that Nationality is nothing more than a label which could be stolen and applied to anyone at will, thus Brazilians were not her enemies, unlike the anti-Fedayistas in Brazil.
The main question raised by Nationality issues in a relationship is whether it’s good or bad? According to the Universal Law according to which all nations are one, Nationality doesn’t make much difference, as long as you live in peace with each other. However, if you choose to live separately from your Partner in a marriage where neither of you upholds the universal law, then Nationality becomes an issue. It is recommended that those in committed relationships where there is the likelihood of a divorce ensure that both partners respect their nationalities and that the children do not have dual nationality.