“There is no definition of “legitimate” in the Act. However, legal advice
suggests that English law, in considering questions of legitimacy, will look to
the law of the domicile of the father at birth. If that law treats a child as
legitimate, then English law will likewise recognise that status (Hashmi -v-
Hashmi [1972] Fam 36).”
The father was arguably domiciled in Kenya. Kenya allowed muslims multiple wives. Kenya would therefore regard the child as a Kenyan subject to the Crown.
Wrong, they did not allow a statutory marriage in the US with a customary marriage in Kenya.
She would have had to have gone to Kenya to have a customary marriage and even that is problematic at the time as she was WHITE.
Kenya has a website where you research old law on this.