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A quick bit of research on whether Obama's mother's and his legal residency changed to Kenya upon her marriage:

domicile (dŏm`əsīl'), one's legal residence. This may or may not be the place where one actually resides at any one time. The domicile is the permanent home to which one is presumed to have the intention of returning whenever the purpose for which one is absent has been accomplished. One may simultaneously have a temporary lodging for a short time at one place, a more permanent abode called a residence at another, and a domicile at still another place. Usually the domicile of the husband and father determines that of wife and children. Determining domicile is important in defining the legal status of a person and the nationality of a public corporation (a legal person) under international law.

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Hmmmmm ....

The domicile is the permanent home to which one is presumed to have the intention of returning whenever the purpose for which one is absent has been accomplished.

On this criterion, where was Stanley Ann Dunham's "domicile?" She seemed to find "domicile" wherever her third-world, Marxian-socialist husband of the time happened to be. And under international law as traditionally understood, "the domicile of the husband and father determines that of wife and children."

Tracing BHO's citizenship status through his mother seems fraught with difficulty, on legal minority, jurisdictional, and domicile grounds. On the other hand, there are potentially two fathers (natural and step) that clearly are not citizens of the United States: One a Kenyan (British citizen); the other an Indonesian (Indonesian citizen).

Whatta mess....