[BP2]

The bigger issue is that Stanley (Obama’s mother), who was 16 when she gave birth to Obama, was a minor with regards to citizenship (the age is 14 NOW, 19 then). So citizenship would come from dear old dad in Kenya.

[oprahstheantichrist]

"The bigger issue is that Stanley (Obama’s mother), who was 16 when she gave birth to Obama, was a minor with regards to citizenship (the age is 14 NOW, 19 then). So citizenship would come from dear old dad in Kenya."

Stanley Ann was eighteen, a freshman in college (they met in "Russian Language" "I-wanna-tryout-to-be-a-Soviet-spy" classes in 1960.

I thought that citizenship coming from dad only applied if he was born overseas, and that anyone born here is always "natural born." Hence the "anchor baby" issue we have now.