[Windflier]

"Question: If Obama’s mother was an American citizen at the time of his birth, doesn’t that automatically make him an American citizen, no matter where he was born"

The law at the time prohibited this because five years since her 18th 14th birthday had not passed when she gave birth to Dunham/Soetoro/Obama ...

I don't have the actual wording of the related statute to hand, but it stated that a mother had to be five years past the age of 14 to legally convey US citizenship to a child born outside the territorial jurisdiction of the US. Stanley Ann Dunham was just shy of her 19th birthday when Barry was born.

[atc23]

Thank you. Whoops. I were wrong.