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Er, no, that is not what natural born means.

To those who wrote the naturalization laws in the 1790s, a "natural born" citizen was one who was born to two parents who were both U.S. citizens whether here or abroad. In the mid-1790s it was rewritten so that those born abroad were citizens as opposed to "natural born" citizens.

To those who wrote the naturalization laws in the 1790s, a "natural born" citizen was one who was born to two parents who were both U.S. citizens whether here or abroad.

The 1790 law dealt with citizens born overseas. It imposed no requirement that someone born in the US needed to be born to two citizens to be considered natural-born.

In the mid-1790s it was rewritten so that those born abroad were citizens as opposed to "natural born" citizens.

The re-written law does not mention the term natural-born. However, that does not mean the US has three categories of citizen- US law only recognizes two categories of citizen: naturalized (who do not qualify to be President) and citizen from birth (who do).