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Hey guys, I am sure someone else has mentioned this before? Maybe? Anyway, I was reading the Lolo/Ann divorce to see what day they were born and noticed in the divorce papers that "mother and child are US Citizens while father is Indonesian citizen". I know that Ann was older, but Maya was not born in the US... anywho, I started questioning whether a child born abroad to a dual citizen is an American citizen.

Then I found this original constitutional amendment from 1790, look on the top of the page and it explicitly discusses Natural Born Citizen of a child born 'beyond the sea..."

And the children of citizens of the United States born beyond sea or out of the limits of the United States shall be considered as Natural Born Citizens. PROVIDED: That the right of citizenship did not descend to persons WHOSE FATHERS HAVE NEVER BEEN RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES.

Now to get a definition of "resident" because Obama Sr was here on a student visa;

http://www.immspec.com/us-student-visas.htm

The U.S. Government permits people who are not American citizens or U.S. green card holders to study in the USA. Any person WHO IS NOT A U.S. RESIDENT can apply to study in America. The person has to obtain a student visa before he or she can start a course of study in the U.S.

Anyone want to reassure me that I'm not crazy and there is something here?