Reply #232: The funny thing is, he has more of a claim to British than Kenyan citizenship.

[Xithras]

Kenya recognizes the citizenship of anyone living in Kenya when it became a nation, the offspring of Kenyans living there, etc. The problem is, Kenya doesn't permit dual citizenship. Because Obama is an American citizen, he cannot legally also be a Kenyan citizen. There are no exceptions to the law.

However.

Kenya Colony was part of the British Empire when Obama was born, and his father held a British citizenship under the British Citizenship Act of 1949. British law permits children born outside of British territories, before 1983, with a British father, to claim citizenship for one generation. It's not automatic, but it will always be granted if requested (after 1983 it became automatic). If Obama wanted dual UK citizenship, he'd only have to ask for it.

Kenya doesn't allow dual citizenship specifically because of this. They didn't want dual nationality British-Kenyans in their country. You were British, or you were Kenyan. Your choice, but you had to choose. Obama, born in America with American citizenship, falls under the same law.

The Birthers are idiots and have no idea what they're talking about when they feed off comments like the one Michelle made.