[DiogenesLamp]

Based on the public information available, Nicole Shanahan is not a “natural born Citizen” (NBC) of the United States since her Chinese immigrant mother was not a U.S. Citizen when Nicole Shanahan was born in CA.

Under the standards used in 1787, the status of the mother is irrelevant. Only the father's citizenship matters.

Women, upon marriage to American men, were automatically American citizens.

[erlayman]

She must have had some citizenship connection to the US to be able to emigrate in 1983.