Is my daughter a natural born citizen?
Yes.
The supreme court has changed its interpretation of the definition of natural born citizen from time to time over the last 200 years. It is not really known if a person’s status depends on the interpretation of today or the interpretation at the time of their birth. It has never been tested before.
But in your case, even if your child had been born 50 years ago I think she would still be a natural born citizen because you are and your wife was a naturalized citizen.
At one time, the law read that the FATHER of the child had to be a natural born citizen before the child would be considered natural born. Then they started relaxing the requirements.
at the time of obama’s birth, the requirement was kinda screwy. It stipulatted that the father had to be a citizen OR the mother had to be at least 19(or something, I’m going by memory) and lived on US soid for at least X number of years and herself be a natural born citizen.
I’m going by memory. At any rate, he did not meet the requirements at the time of his birth since his mother was under the age requirement and his father was not a citizen.
So we are left with a debate as to wether or not obama’s citizenship status is determined by the CURRENT interpretation or by the interpretation in effect of the time of his birth.