You may be right that it’s all a kerfuffle.
But NOT because of the mere fact that his mother was a citizen. Because his father was not a citizen, if Obama was born outside the U.S., the mother did NOT pass on citizenship by giving birth, because the law required her to have lived ten years in the U.S., five of those years after her 16th birthday. She was only 18 at the time of birth.
So, the question of the PLACE of birth IS decisive regarding Obama’s citizenship at birth.
IN 1961 HAWAII WAS A TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES, for Heavens sake. Learn about America and it’s Territories. If she gave birth to nobama in 1961,in Hawaii, he is a Citizen of the United States...I don’t care if she was 14 or 16 or 18, she gave birth to him in Hawaii therefore he is an American Citizen. All this garbage about Hawaii being a territory is just that GARBAGE! It WAS and IS a part of the United States of America, Just as Alaska was and is, just as Puerto Rico is and so is American Samoa. Anyone born in these territories are AMERICAN CITIZENS. These territories have elected Territorial Representative in the House, but their votes don’t count.