Well, I read a post today that said one would have to register the birth with the US government.
I for sure don’t know the ins and outs of all this and wonder why it’s so complicated. Either you’re born here of citizen parents or not. I thought natural born referred to this exactly.
Yeah, you can be a citizen with a citizen parent...like my family members...but are they natural born? They have divided loyalties I know that..and seems to me that is what the framers wanted to avoid.
Three of my children were born to U.S. Citizens outside of the USA. We were told THEN.. that once the children were registered at the Embassy as children of U.S. Citizens, at their turning of age, 18, they had to choose which citizenship would be of their origin.... But then they changed, many nations do dual passports now... Many in the USA have two passports.
You should register the birth, but are not required to - just as you should file a birth certificate with the county. To not do so can cause problems later trying to get a driver's license, SS card, etc., because it is harder to prove your status without documentation.