Replies to post #375148 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[BullNBear52]

I'd guess, since you say that - umm, because one parent was American i was an American citizen at birth is what you must mean

That is correct. If your mother was an American citizen then by birthright you are also an American citizen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright#:~:text=Birthright%20is%20the%20concept%20of,owned%20by%20parents%20or%20others.

Birthright is the concept of things being due to a person upon or by fact of their birth, or due to the order of their birth. These may include rights of citizenship based on the place where the person was born or the citizenship of their parents, and inheritance rights to property owned by parents or others.

Ted Cruz is a good example of your case and explains how he could run for president under current laws.

Rafael Edward Cruz was born on December 22, 1970,[2][3] at Foothills Medical Centre[4][5] in Calgary, Canada, to Eleanor Elizabeth (née Darragh) Wilson and Rafael Cruz.[6][7][8][9] Eleanor Wilson was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She is of three-quarters Irish and one-quarter Italian descent, and earned an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Rice University in the 1950s.[10][11]

Cruz's father was born and raised in Cuba,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz#Early_life_and_family

At some point you would have had to officially renounce your US citizenship.


B. ELEMENTS OF RENUNCIATION

A person wishing to renounce his or her U.S. citizenship must voluntarily and with intent to relinquish U.S. citizenship:

appear in person before a U.S. consular or diplomatic officer,
in a foreign country at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate; and
sign an oath of renunciation

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Renunciation-US-Nationality-Abroad.html

So unless you have done all of the above and your mother was born in Seattle you are still a US citizen.

You might want to register to vote as an expat. lol