[aruanan]

No, the fact that another country’s laws regard a person as having given up U.S. citizenship has no weight whatsoever under U.S. law.

The example you used is not quite reductio ad absurdum because it is not an extension to the nth degree of a particular situation but the creation of an entirely new one, the only similarities being governments and declarations of citizenships.

Besides, you're ignoring the other part: A minor child's citizenship follows that of the custodial parent, at least for the period of time in question.

[itsahoot]

Besides, you're ignoring the other part: A minor child's citizenship follows that of the custodial parent, at least for the period of time in question.

You are uninformed on the law. It has been posted many times on these threads, take a little time in get informed on the law as it was in 1961.