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To: Elroy who wrote (358652)	4/9/2010 1:36:56 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793877

It depends on the statute at the time of the birth, which has changed over time. What change in statute? It has changed several times through the years. All rather silly, arbitrary, and at times, ambiguous. I am a product of such. I was born outside the US to an American mother and a foreign national father. I automatically became a citizen of the country of my birth, but was also registered at the US Embassy and came to the States at the age of one month and have mostly lived here since. The law at that time stated that my US Citizenship was contingent on my living in the US for at least 5 consecutive years between the ages of 14 and 20 (can't remember exactly, but is was my teenage years). There was nothing in the law at that time regarding my mother's duration of US Citizenship. Anyway, I never had to undertake the US Naturalization process and have had a US Passport since the age of 20. I also have a Passport of the country I was born in (which is now an EU Passport). Legally. I am a dual national through birth and have no idea if I'm a natural or native US citizen.. Maybe neither... or both?? Anyway, since I have no plans to run for Pres, I guess it doesn't really matter... :)