[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by banjoman

But he is a natural born citizen as he was born in Hawaii which is classed as US, regardless of his parents. As Hawaii was a recognised US state from 1900 for the purpose of this discussion, his mother had clearly managed more than the required 5 years when he was born anyway

Yes she had been a citizen from age 8 but the stipulation is that one parent at least must have been a citizen for 5 years since the age of 16. She had him when she was 18 so she'd only been a citizen for 2 years after her 16th birthday.