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Originally Posted by HighlanderJuan
FreedomFirst,
Thanks for the detailed discussion. One more question.
You said "Obama took his citizenship from the mother's side and was illegitimate."
Q: Does this tell us that a natural born citizen can be a child born on U.S. soil with only one parent?
Yes. If the "one parent" is an unmarried mother, I believe that's exactly what can happen. It's the flip side of the coin of the otherwise generally applicable rule (back in the 1700's and through much of the 20th century) of
partus sequitur patrem.
That flip side is:
Ejus, qui justum patrem non habet, prima 'origo a matre. In other words, if there's no legally recognized father, a child assumes the origins/nationality of the mother.