Source: <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76142.htmlit">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76142.htmlit</a> is like how my wife is technically a Canadian citizen, because her mother was a Canadian citizen, and Canadian law stipulates that children of Canadian citizens (born within a certain date range which my wife falls into) are also Canadian citizens.