Green card holder for 4 years — do trips abroad reset my citizenship timeline?

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I've had my green card for 4 years and want to apply for citizenship as soon as I'm eligible. In that time I took two long trips: 4 months to care for my father, and another 2 months for work. Do these trips break my 'continuous residence'? Do I have to start the 5-year clock over, and how do I count it exactly?

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