The original definition of natural born citizen was one born to parents who were both born on U.S. soil. It was adopted to keep Alexander Hamilton from becoming president.
Respectfully, the concept of natural born citizen goes back WAY farther than the birth of the US. Or the birth of England. Even before the birth of Rome.
Why does that matter? Because our Founders were well read and based their language on an expectation that those who would interpret it would be similarly well read.
Sadly, they were mistaken. Sigh.
/not a dig on you, a dig on our failed “education” system.