I'm not sure who I'd be agreeing with--did somebody say that? Anyway, my opinion is that "natural born citizen [of the United States]" is a subset of "citizen of the United States." So no, not totally separate.
LOL! Thanks for the clarification.
So a natural born citizen is a subset of a citizen of the United States.
Do you also consider a naturalized citizen as a subset of a citizen of the United States?
Do you believe their are any subsets besides those two?
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Sorry for what may appear to be annoying questions, but IMHO, a great deal of confusion comes from someone saying one term thinking it means one thing and the person they said it to thinks it means something totally different.