[TheCipher]

Did Stanley Ann Dunham travel to Kenya as an unmarried 18 year old female and apply for her child’s statutory Certificate of American Citizenship on the claim the father of the child and the father’s citizenship were unknown? If so, then how did she later persuade the Hawaiian divorce court she was married on 2 February 1961 at Maui, Hawaii and had remained married to that day in divorce court? Did she lie to the U.S. Passport Office, the U.S. Consulate, the Hawaiian Divorce Court, some of them, or all of them?

One possible scenario could be that she did not amend her passport yet with her new name ( could have been a number of reasons for that ). After birth, she found out what the law was. So, instead of claiming that she was married, she told the consulate officer that she was unwed - there was no way to prove otherwise. Thus the COC was issued despite her being underage.

[WhiskeyX]

You’re right. I forgot to include that scenario, when I got sidetracked wondering why this 17 or 18 year old girl would have reason to have obtained a U.S. Passport before her ostensible marriage to Barack Hussein Obama on 2 February 1961. A U.S. Passport was not required to travel between the State of Washington and British Columbia, so why would such a young girl have obtained a U.S. Passport under her own maiden name before her alleged marriage? It would appear more likely she would have either obtained the U.S. Passport under her married name or under her maiden name after the date of the alleged marriage.