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I am not sure birth here is required for NBC. Ambassadors, military, or even a businessman who lives abroad for a time, should be able to have a child who can grow up to be President. It would be a big penalty for people who have need to be abroad.

Whether NBC requires both parents be citizens is the more pressing issue. When one is not a citizen, it creates dual loyalties, and that is the problem that I believe the founders were trying to avoid. A President must have been born with only one allegiance. That, to me is the interpretation that makes the most sense, but it is still an open question as a legal matter, and when the SC gets its hand on the issue, if it ever does, they are likely to muck it up.

-- I am not sure birth here is required for NBC. --

According to case law, any person born abroad (except diplomat's kids), if they are a citizen, they are a naturalized citizen. Rogers v. Bellei.

But according to on the ground reality, the law does not apply to presidential candidates or presidents.

Same principles apply to dual citizens.