[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.

[bushpilot1]

There are documents in the congressional record where the framers translated naturels to natural born. They are posted in previous threads on this subject.

This translation is the key.