HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge recently sided with three American Samoans in Utah wanting to be recognized as citizens. The American Samoa government is expected to appeal, and has until Monday to do so. Many in the U.S. territory are perfectly happy being U.S. nationals who can’t vote in most federal elections or run for office outside American Samoa. They fear granting birthright citizenship to those born in American Samoa would threaten fa’a Samoa, the Samoan way of life, including communal land ownership. An attorney for the three seeking citizenship says the territory’s customs and cultures evolve, and there are laws protecting them.