U.S. citizenship can be pretty complicated at times. I have a colleague who was born in England, immigrated to Greece as a young woman, and married a U.S. citizen who had lived in Greece most of his life. When their children were born, they couldn't be Greek citizens because neither parent was a Greek citizen, and the U.S. wouldn't allow them to be citizens in spite of their father's U.S. citizenship because he'd been out of the U.S. for too long. The kids wound up being British citizens like their mother. However, when the family moved to the United States, my colleague was technically considered an illegal immigrant in spite of being married to a U.S. citizen, but the kids were legally permitted in the United States. My colleague now has dual citizenship (American and British) as do her kids, but if one of them ever wanted to run for President, the case would undoubtedly have to go to court.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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