... according to the laws of England. We’re discussing the laws of the United States, if you care to recall.
Who was the legally recognized father and what was the citizenship of that father, patlin?
You have to define legally recognized. One pertains to legally obligated to support the child which has nothing to do with citizenship of the child unless there is a court proceeding in which a judge formally signed documentation. In England, that would have had to have been Parliament or an equal legal act in a British court of law in Kenya. SAD would have had to formally declare that her citizenship held no weight of law in regards to the child and his civil status. Treaties ARE the law & the law/existing treaty in 1961 stated a child born out of wedlock did not confer the citizenship of the father on the child.