Was Obama’s Mother a US Citizen At The Time of Obama’s Birth?
We know for a fact that Obama’s father was a UKC citizen and never became a US citizen and was never permanently domiciled in the US. As to Obama’s mother, everyone has always assumed she was a US citizen at the time of Obama Jr.’s birth.
But it’s very possible Stanley Ann Obama was not a US citizen by the time Obama was born.
The British Nationality Act of 1948 established Barack Obama Sr. as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies. But as to the relevance of the BNA 1948 to Obama’s mother, please take a look at Section “6(2)”:
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, a woman who has been married to a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall be entitled, on making application therefor to the Secretary of State in the prescribed manner, and, if she is a British protected person or an alien, on taking an oath of allegiance in the form specified in the First Schedule to this Act, to be registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, whether or not she is of full age and capacity.
How do we know Stanley Ann Obama didn’t avail herself - after she was married, but before Obama Jr. was born - of the BNA 1948 by registering to be a UKC citizen? ... But back in 1961, registering as a UKC citizen and taking the oath listed above would have provided ample evidence of an intent to renounce US citizenship. Therefore, at the time of his birth, Obama Jr. would have been born of two British citizen parents.
I do not make any claim to know whether Obama’s mother did become a registered UKC citizen after marrying Obama Sr. But it’s certainly fair to point out that, like so many other things about him we are not allowed to know, we also do not know whether Obama was born of two British parents. And I see no reason why we should assume his mother didn’t register as a UKC citizen considering her noted preference for living abroad.
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Pure distraction, IMHO. Where is the documentation that she made application: “... shall be entitled, on making application therefor to the Secretary of State in the prescribed manner, and, if she is a British protected person or an alien, on taking an oath of allegiance in the form specified in the First Schedule to this Act, to be registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, whether or not she is of full age and capacity.”
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Was Obama’s Mother a US Citizen At The Time of Obama’s Birth?
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Leo always comes up with things that no one has considered. It would be nice if SCOTUS or some court would actually allow AMERICAN citizens to have standing in a case against a possible illegal alien or non-naturalized citizen.