Actually, like you said, Cheney COULD have received a copy under the statute. But currently they are saying the ancestor has to be once or twice removed from the person requesting. I’m not sure what they use as the basis for that. Seems like I’ve seen something (in an OIP Opinion letter?) about it.
But then they’ve been saying a lot of stuff that just isn’t so, so maybe there isn’t anything legal that narrows it down that much.
Get Aunt Zeituni to request it. If she had any sense she’d already have about six copies hidden around the world. It’d be her ticket to stay in the US. I’d be willing to forgive her past transgressions if she’d present it at her next hearing.