[CedarDave]

It was 14 and the law in 1961 was 5 years after the age of 14. She was 18 (almost 19), so she did not qualify to pass citizenship on.

That may have been the law in 1961, but current law says "a person born, after December 23, 1952, outside the United States and out of wedlock shall be held to have acquired at birth the nationality status of his mother, if the mother had the nationality of the United States at the time of such person’s birth, and if the mother had previously been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year."

US CODE TITLE 8 > CHAPTER 12 > SUBCHAPTER III > Part I > § 1409, Children born out of wedlock

Now if there was a change in the law from 1961 to present, I wonder what actions a person would have to take to make his citizenship retroactive to birth??

[rolling_stone]

cant the law is specific as to dates the law you quote is for unmarried mommies...

[autumnraine]

Right, he would be a CITIZEN. Natural born? No.

[autumnraine]

Oh, and that law is irrelevent since he was not born to a couple ‘out of wedlock’. Legal documents (divorce decree) show a marraige in Feb of 1961.

[Technical Editor]

Now if there was a change in the law from 1961 to present, I wonder what actions a person would have to take to make his citizenship retroactive to birth?? His parents were married, so he cannot do anything. That retro law applies to OUT OF WEDLOCK births overseas.