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To: Cheerio
Yes, his mother was an American. But was she old enough to confer US citizenship on little Barry at her then age of 18 under the law on Aug. 4, 1961?

Nope. Here is the law:

Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock: A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) INA provided the citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.

Link to State Department Listing of Law

21 posted on 06/11/2010 8:02:32 AM PDT by TheCipher
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To: TheCipher
This assumes that he was born abroad. What if he was born in HI as his supports profess - does an 18 year old US Citizen confer citizenship on baby barry, under the 1961 laws of both HI and US? I have seen somewhere (cannot retrieve now) that HI law did not as their laws had not been updated to reflect their new statehood.
29 posted on 06/11/2010 9:29:39 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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