[William Tell]

Obviously our Founders intended that it would be perfectly permissible for King George the III to impregnate a woman, just prior to that woman becoming a naturalized citizen of the recently formed United States, and the bastard son of the King of England would be eligible to be President.

If that fits the definition of "Natural Born Citizen" then it makes one wonder why they bothered, doesn't it?

[New Jersey Realist]

Obviously our Founders intended that it would be perfectly permissible for King George the III to impregnate a woman, just prior to that woman becoming a naturalized citizen of the recently formed United States, and the bastard son of the King of England would be eligible to be President.
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That is exactly how they wrote it and indeed, George’s child would have been eligible to become President - after living in the U.S. for 14 years.

So that kid could have gone back to England, return to the U.S. at age 50, then at age 64 run for president. I’m sure the kid would have divided loyalties indeed, but still eligible to lead this country.

The way I see it the framers WERE NOT afraid of divided loyalty since birth meant allegience. They threw in the MUST BE BORN ON US SOIL as a way to placate John Jay but keep in mind that many patriots that automatically became U.S. citizens on July 4th, 1776 were not born in the U.S. but their patriotism had to be rewarded.