Not quite. his mother was too young for her to confere citzenship on him, and she may have alienated herself and Brack by leaving the country and letting her new husband adopt him. Of course, he may have repatriated himself and this could have been done by the inattention of the authorities. The law with regard to odd cases is hardly explicit. The very court decision Wong van Ark(?) that set the precedent for anchor babies. actually has to be evealuated in terms of the law in place at the time. The Chinese Exclusion Act set the legal staage at that time. Ironically, the fact of his having been born in Germany—and brought to the US at age of three. Was probably all that kept John Peter Altgeld from being the Democratric nominee for President in 1896.
Hmmm...I’m not up to speed on that one.
I've never seen this particular point before. Since my wife did obstetrics for years, and I heard stories, this begs the question: What is, in your opinion then, the legal status of a child born to two 16 year old parents? It happens more often than you think.