[bushpilot1]

Native and natural seems to come from early French edition of Vattel used by the Founders. The words can be traced to Justinian.

Naturels used by Vattel..and translated by the Framers to natural.

[RegulatorCountry]

Indigenes are native (indigenous). Naturels possess citizenship that naturally descends from the contition of the father. Natural-born combines them both because both conditions are always included in any description of natural-born citizenship from those who were in a position to know and understand, from Founders to early Supreme Court justices to the authors of the 14th Amendment.

[Windflier]

Native and natural seems to come from early French edition of Vattel used by the Founders. The words can be traced to Justinian.

Naturels used by Vattel..and translated by the Framers to natural.

Thanks for that.

I've read enough to know that the Framers intent was to ensure that all US presidents owed pure, and unalloyed allegiance to this country, and no other.

It's clear to me that their understanding of Vattel's definition of Natural Born Citizen was, one who is born of the blood and of the soil.

It just isn't any more complicated than that.