[Danae]

Ann married a British transient. Upon marriage did she get British Citizenship? Ann Marrying Obama Sr. I believe gave her HIS status, and citizenship follows the father in any case. Obama was Born British and may have a 14th Amendment claim to citizenship. Anyone making a 14th Amendment claim for citizenship by definition is NOT a Natural Born Citizen because if they WERE an NBC, they would not NEED the 14th Amendment.

Ann’s status changes when she got married. That much is certain.

[DiogenesLamp]

If he was actually born in Hawaii (which I do not take for granted) then as near as I can tell he gets 14th amendment citizenship, although I believe edge919 argues to the contrary I think. (I can see it both ways. If the 14th amendment is not applicable to the children of transient Aliens, then Obama would not be a 14th amendment citizen, but if it is applied in the "Anchor Baby" usage, then he would.)

I guess it depends on which train of thought you wish to follow regarding the interpretation of the 14th amendment. Either way, He could receive citizenship from the 14th under one interpretation of it, and he could receive descent citizenship from his mother from the Acts of Congress of 1922 and 1934. (A Citizen by statute is NOT a natural born citizen.)

[Seizethecarp]

“Ann married a British transient. Upon marriage did she get British Citizenship? Ann Marrying Obama Sr. I believe gave her HIS status, and citizenship follows the father in any case.”

No Ann did not get UK citizenship by marriage even if the marriage was not bigamous. Nor would she lose her US citizenship automatically in a non-bigamous marriage because that was changed by law in the 1920’s, IIRC. Previously, a woman automatically did lose her US citizenship when she married an alien.