T.E. is indeed trying to ofucate the truth.
The Original French text:
Translating the french text: "les naturels, ou indigenes, sont ceux qui sont nes dans le pays, de parents citoyens"
To English, gives this: "the natural, or indigenous, are those born in the country, parents who are citizens"
Furthermore, Blackstone has this to say:
all children, born out of the kings ligeance, whose fathers were natural-born subjects, are now natural-born subjects themselves, to all intents and purposes, without any exception;
Coupled with no known action of Barry renouncing his born with allegiance to the crown...he continues to be British to this day (see Blackstone).
So no matter which way someone try's to explain this thing...Barry WAS and IS British BY BIRTH.
b.t.w. I've no doubt that the framers were specifically referring to Vattel, as he's the only one who defined the term that appears in our Constitution.
CORRECTOMUNDO!
See More Here:
"The Law of Nations" and the Declaration of Independence AND
The Law of Nations and The Constitution AND
Alexander Hamilton's Approach to Natural Law
Coupled with no known action of Barry renouncing his born with allegiance to the crown...he continues to be British to this day (see Blackstone).
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Thank you BP2 for all your great info...
When I became a US citizen in 1975, I had to renounce my New Zealand citizenship...
I had to actually raise my right hand and swear that I renounced my alleigence...
Until I did that I could not be sworn in as a US citizen...
I did that during my vetting apointment, one month before the swearing in for US citizenship ceremony...
Barry Donham would have been about 14 at that time ...
Unless the law changed since, and as there is no proof he ever renounced his Kenyan/Indonesian citiezenship when he came of age, then he is not a US citizen...