[Jim Noble]

I was born in 1950 and I went to excellent schools. I was always taught NBC = born here.

When George Romney was running in 1968, it was an issue that he was born in Mexico. It was a little issue in 1964 that Goldwater was born in the Arizona Territory.

I had excellent classes in US government and the US constitution (thanks, Mr. Benovsky!). I never never ran across the “two US citizen parents” argument until it came up with Obama.

It makes sense, but it was not common understanding when I was growing up.

[faithhopecharity]

Hi. Thanks. But, Actually, citizenship by blood of parents goes back many centuries in law. Your great professor didn’t finish giving you his citizenship lecture before the bell rang —� indeed mcshame’s claim to eligibility, also romney’s, and a couple more were based on blood not situs of birth

[ASA Vet]

I'm three years older than you. I was taught that NBC = born here of CITIZEN parents. As my tag line has said off and on for years.

That is also as it was explained to me when I registered the birth of my first son in Bangkok.
My 2nd son was born in the US, but his mom wasn't yet a US Citizen, so that 2nd son also isn't a NBC.
The 3rd son born in the US after his mom naturalized in the only one of the three eligible to be President.