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Originally Posted by opendoor
The US has allowed dual citizenship since the '50s or '60s and anyone born in the US keeps their American citizenship unless they officially renounce it. 60+ years ago I believe there used to be a law requiring children born abroad to American parents to make an election of US citizenship and to return to the US before becoming adults, but that wouldn't apply to a natural born citizen.
Canada used to have laws requiring the renunciation of foreign citizenship upon becoming a Canadian citizen depending on when it was (I believe they relaxed the laws in the '70s), so maybe that's what you're thinking of.
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I know quite a few people, my Aunt included who were born in the US, because where we lived in Manitoba, the hospital across the border was closer than any Canadian hospital, so people would regularly cross the Border to have babies. Those babies are automatically dual citizens. In fact one of my best friends from High School joined the US Military out of High School, and plans on being a lifer!