Now let's get series.....a lot of folks I work with are Green Cards, mostly from the P.I. Many others come from Micronesia but by law they're not required to register as foreign nationals. Hawaii has had a long standing history of allowing G.C. holders to bring in their immediate family and have their births registered in the state, even if they weren't born in the state. This sustained the plantations with contented labor once....and if it worked for the FORNATS, it worked for the Dunhams. I think this is the case with O.