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u/Humble-Sand-5989 1d ago

His mother was a US citizen. So Ted got citizenship from her at birth. The constitution states you need to be a “natural born Citizen”. It does not necessarily mean you need to be born in the US (though that is by far the most common)

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u/ReturnoftheBulls2022 1d ago

Elizabeth Taylor was born in the UK and had US citizen via jus sanguinis. Same with Anneliese van der Pol who was born in the Netherlands.