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“We’re fairly certain he WAS adopted, by his stepfather Lolo Soetoro and became a citizen of Indonesia.”

Unfortunately no adoption papers have yet emerged and when Lolo Soetoro registered Barry at St Francis di Assisi Catholic School in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1967, he listed Barry’s birth place and birth date as Honolulu, Hawaii,and August 4, 1961.
A minor born in the United States does not lose US citizenship. In order to lose US citizenship, an adult has to renounce their US citizenship by an act of renunciation such as surrendering a passport or voting in a foreign election.

It’s really all a moot point. Even if he was born in Hawaii he would still not be a US Citizen. In 1961, BOTH parents had to be US citizens for automatic citizenship. If not, citizenship passed through your father. Too many people are thinking in today’s terms if you are born on US property you are a citizen.

If Lolo Soetoro did adopt BHO, did he give up his parental/custodial rights when BHO got sent back to Hawaii? He allegedly became a Indonesian citizen (because Indonesia at the time did not allow dual citizenship).

And just curious why a 28-year old mother would send back her ten-year old son to live with his grandparents.

What passport did he use to travel back and forth to
Indonesia?

My personal favorite is that Madelyn Dunham and Franklin Marshall Davis or Malcolm X are his real parents. MD was quite the looker back in the day. I see no real physical resemblence between Sr. and Jr.

This is better than any soap opera I could ever write.