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In the United States, the general rule is that one is a natural-born citizen if born within the US or one of its territories, or if at least one parent is a US citizen. If the mother is not a US citizen, it can get a little fiddly (because when a child it's born it's usually pretty obvious who the mother is but who the father is may be open to question); generally the US citizen father has to be married to the mother or specifically acknowledge the child as his own and jump through a few other hoops.

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