[DouglasKC]

British Nationality Act of 1948 (Part II, Section 5): Subject to the provisions of this section, a person born after the commencement of this Act shall be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent if his father is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies at the time of the birth.
In other words, at the time of his birth, Barack Obama Jr. was both a U.S. citizen (by virtue of being born in Hawaii) and a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies (or the UKC) by virtue of being born to a father who was a citizen of the UKC.' "

Wow thanks for that. I've been reading about this for weeks and didn't really understand it until just now.

Obama at birth, no matter what his citizen status was in the US WAS a citizen of Great Britain.

But that leaves one question: Does "father" mean a legally married father? Or just the biological father? This could be why Obama is so unclear on whether or not his father and mother were married.

[Marty]

One has to wonder if Obama has information that indicates that his natural father is actually an American citizen—Davis or someone else, and therefore that he’s eligible. We really do need to see that vault birth certificate. Heck, we may need DNA tests run to determine who is the daddy. Wait...I’ve seen this plot before.....

Egads. We have a national soap opera going on.

[fatima]

That’s what I was thinking.Here’s a bump to save my spot.