Section (e) doesn’t apply to Obama if he was born in Kenya. The section you want is section (g). But yes, the law in 1961 was different than today’s law — what it required was five years after the age of 14. In 1961, Ann would have had to be 19 years old to pass her citizenship to her son if he was born in Kenya.
It’s very hard to find something online that shows what the applicable statute (Section 1401, which I posted) provided in 1961, but I did find it once and others have also. The requirements are less today than they were then. It’s no longer five years but two, as you see in the present (g).
I hope this helps.
You are right.
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From my post:
The ten-year transmission requirement remained in effect from 12:01 a.m. EDT December 24, 1952, through midnight November 13, 1986, and still is applicable to persons born during that period."Still" appears to mean as of 11-01-2007. So if Obama was born outside the U.S., are you saying that he was an illegal alien until sometime after 11-1-2007, but that now he is a legal citizen?
Hmm. I see that important thing here is not the ten year requirement, but the two years vs. five years after fourteen requirement. My basic question remains the same: are you saying that Obama was once an illegal alien, but that he is now legal?