[billhilly]

Did Santorum just say his 7 year old father came here with his grandfather???? His dad was not a NBC?

[combat_boots]

I heard that, too.

[af_vet_rr]

Did Santorum just say his 7 year old father came here with his grandfather???? His dad was not a NBC?

It's common knowledge that Santorum's dad was born in Italy. Not sure why it matters to Santorum's status.

[mylife]

They were Italian Immigrants

[af_vet_rr]

Did Santorum just say his 7 year old father came here with his grandfather???? His dad was not a NBC?

Obituary for Santorum's dad

Aldo Santorum called the GI Bill the greatest gift he received. He gave back by building a career and family around veterans hospitals.

"We always lived on the campus of the veterans hospitals. It was called the domiciliary," said his son, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Penn Hills. "I always joked that I spent my childhood living in public housing."

Aldo Santorum of Crescent Beach, Fla., a clinical psychologist for the VA, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, in the home where he and his wife, Catherine Dughi, lived the past 20 years. He was 88.

Mr. Santorum was born in the Trento province of Italy to Maria and Pietro Santorum. Aldo, his mother, older brother Bruno and younger sister Carla moved to the Johnstown area when he was 7 to join his father, who came to the United States five years earlier.

[cynwoody]

Did Santorum just say his 7 year old father came here with his grandfather???? His dad was not a NBC?

His father, Aldo Santorum, came over from Italy at the age of seven. Of course, Ricky was born in Virginia, so he is automatically natural born. Not that it matters, however, because he's not going to be the nominee.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

His dad was not a NBC?

Whatever the answer, it doesn't matter. As long as he was a US Citizen when Romney was born.

[Windflier]

Did Santorum just say his 7 year old father came here with his grandfather???? His dad was not a NBC?

As long as Rick's father was a US citizen at the time of his birth (on US soil), then Rick is a Natural Born Citizen. It's not necessary for his father to have been a NBC.