[Cboldt]

Ted probably (almost certainly) has a Consular Record of Birth Abroad (also known as an FS-240), recognizing that his birth fit the circumstances laid out in 8 USC 1401(g). Citizen at birth to a child born abroad of one citizen parent, provided the citizen parent meets US residency conditions before the birth occurred.

As a matter of law, this is a recognition of naturalization, but it doesn't go by that label.

[euram]

All I know is that my daughter has a Certificate of Naturalization, whether there is a Consular Record of Birth Abroad, I don’t know, and never even thought about that.

[jdsteel]

“Ted probably (almost certainly) has a Consular Record of Birth Abroad (also known as an FS-240), recognizing that his birth fit the circumstances laid out in 8 USC 1401(g). Citizen at birth to a child born abroad of one citizen parent, provided the citizen parent meets US residency conditions before the birth occurred.
As a matter of law, this is a recognition of naturalization, but it doesn’t go by that label. “

We have a winner.

[zzeeman]

It is technically in the category of “collective naturalization,” part of the broader legal definition of naturalization.