I didn't make this up; it's what our GOVERNMENT tells EVERY person who is studying to take the Naturalization test, to become a citizen here.
Please....do NOT take my word for that, go look it up for yourself.
I guess George Washington...wasn’t legit.
In pre-19th Amendment America, a woman in a legitimate marriage to an American citizen carried the status of her husband. She was under his authority. She was in effect naturalized by her legitimate marriage to an American male.
The reverse was also true. If a pre-19th American woman married a foreigner, she was in effect renouncing her American status and allegiance for both herself and her children. Dual citizenship was prohibited.
Therefore, if an American male married a woman, any woman, and the marriage was valid as evidenced by signatures from a parish or a justice of the peace, then the married couple would be considered an American family and their sons were considered natural born and they would become natural citizens when they were old enough to vote.
Vattel references are misleading because English common law addressed status of subjects rather than citizens. A large part of the Revolutionary War was fought over whether Americans were subjects or citizens. The words of Vattel and other references have been taken out of context.
The Framers also used prints of ancient tomes of Roman Jurisprudence. They used them as reference works for study and ideas. Because they were used does not mean Americans are to follow ancient Roman law. Same thing with Vattel and others.