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“Being a minor he was not able to surrender his citizenship.”

Not true. Anyone of any age can move out of the country and renounce their citizenship. The Obama Administration instituted a policy directive in 2009 which said parents could not renounce the citizenship of their children. Consequently, Obots and ConcernedFreepers have run with the 2009 policy as if it has been US policy since the founding of the country.

Since Obama will not accept a parent as an adult who speaks for the child who has moved out of the country and wants to renounce, another adult must be named. The parent must sign an affidavit of power of attorney naming another adult and relinquishing parental rights with respect to the citizenship rights of the child. The Power of Attorney could be issued to a lawyer, priest, tribal elder, neighborhood leader, or any other person willing to negotiate with the U.S. State Department on behalf of the minor who wishes to renounce their US Citizenship.

Mental incompetents, people who don’t speak or read English, dead people, minors and anyone else can move out of the country and renounce their US citizenship. Some applicants must have an individual named on a Power of Attorney to speak on behalf of that individual.

I have no idea what that convoluted piece of junk you wrote means (dead people? Really?) but I do know that as of the 1970s it was acknowledged that a child could not either swear to or renounce a citizenship because they were a minor. Their parents could do it for them but since a minor by law is not allowed to enter in certain legal contracts they were allowed to retain duel nationality until they reached their majority either 18 or 21 depending on the laws of the respective countries where they held citizenships. They had twin passports and they got all rights a minor is legally entitled to from both nations.

At their age of majority they must choose one or the other. Generally this is done by inaction to the country they decide to renounce. They quit using one passport or they register to vote in one country or the other.

I know that now days it is fashionable to give minors rights that they are not entitled to but that was not always the case.