Research - Was Obama’s Mother a US Citizen At The Time of Obama’s Birth?

Research - Was Obama’s Mother a US Citizen At The Time of Obama’s Birth?

Posted on August 30th, 2009 by David-Crockett

Patriots I categorized the following article as research for in all honesty the Obama Birth Enigma is beginning form a complex problem which resolution may lead to a combinational explosion. We are getting to a stage in which we will have to resort to fuzzy logic in order to stand a chance solving it.
David Crockett
Leo Donofrio published

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?

Had she done this, according to the text quoted above, she would have been required to take an oath of allegiance to the United Kingdom and the monarchy.  The exact text of that oath is listed in Schedule 1 of the BNA 1948:

Oath of Allegiance.

I, A.B., swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George the Sixth His Heirs and Successors according to law.

Registering as a UKC citizen and taking such an oath of allegiance are historically recognized acts which exhibit a desire to expatriate oneself of US citizenship.  Even as late as 1980, the SCOTUS cases of Afroyim v. Rusk and Vance v. Tarraza recognized “assent” as the determining factor in whether one has given up US citizenship.
The State Department has, since 1990, taken a different approach in that one may now take an oath to a foreign nation and still retain US citizenship as long as one intends to retain US citizenship.
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.
We know that Obama’s mother traveled and worked in various nations throughout much of her adult life.  Both of her marriages were to foreigners who never became US citizens.
By all evidence available, Stanley Ann Obama considered herself -  as her son does now -  to be a citizen of the world.  I would imagine a UK passport would have validated her sense of being a citizen of the world.  And isn’t it natural for a wife to become a citizen of the country of her husband?
It’s more logical to assume Stanley Ann Obama did avail herself of UKC citizenship rather than assuming she did not.   This would mean that President Obama was born of two alien parents, not one.
Furthermore, the act of registering as a UKC citizen would have allowed her to obtain a British passport.
The act of “registering” as a UKC citizen under the BNA 1948 is a mechanism readers of this blog must become familiar with in order to properly comprehend my forthcoming report on Obama’s current British status.  In the UK, this legal device of being “registered” as a British citizen is just as powerful as naturalizing.
So, how do we know for a fact whether Stanley Ann Obama became a British citizen via the BNA 1948 before Obama was born?
Perhaps we can find this out by asking the British Home Office via a Freedom Of Information Act request.  I don’t imagine that whether somebody became a citizen is protected information.  And with my next report concerning Obama’s current British status, I assume the Home Office will be receiving more than one FOIA request in the very near future.
I recognize the hypothetical nature of this report.  But when the President of the United States continues to keep so many aspects of his multiple foreign citizenship secret, then we certainly have a duty to examine all laws and scenarios which might have a direct effect on his eligibility.
P.S.
I have previously read – in the Lame Cherry Blog – an argument that Obama’s mother was a British subject by virtue of simply marrying Obama Sr.  That article does not discuss the act of registering as a UKC citizen under Section 6(2) of the BNA 1948.   The Lame Cherry article only discusses the possibility of Stanley Ann Obama being a British subject.
The author of that blog concludes that Stanley Ann Obama was both a British subject and a citizen of the US.  I do not believe that analysis is completely accurate, but I must give credit to Lame Cherry for raising the issue of dual nationality as to Obama’s mother.
It is possible due to some provision of British law that Stanley Ann Obama was considered a British subject after marrying Barack Obama, Sr.   I just can’t seem to make it work based upon the analysis provided by Lame Cherry.  I do welcome further debate on the issue in comments to this report.
It’s important to note, that by contrast, my report today enquires whether Stanley Ann Obama, by availing herself of the registered citizen provisions of the BNA 1948, became a UKC citizen and concurrently lost US citizenship.
P.S. #2
As the photo above bears witness to, Stanley Ann and Barack Sr. made a lovely couple.  And I believe God intended for all his children to cross pollinate among races thereby creating more and more diverse, beautiful human art.  To me, God is the ultimate artiste.  Barack Obama Jr. is one of the most charismatic and attractive Presidents the nation has seen.  Regardless, these wonderful attributes do not establish Presidential eligibility.