I know that foreign born people can't be president of the U.S. for some reason, so I was wondering how that affected duel-citizens who were born here, but for some reason took a second citizenship elsewhere since it seems like a related concept. I heard in a couple of recent news stories that John McCain adopted a daughter from Bangladesh in the early 1990s. I think that foreign adoption is a great thing to do, particularly from a poor country like Bangladesh, the problem is that accoriding to the U.S. Department of State website it is illegal in Bangladesh to adopt children unless the adoptive parents are Bangladeshi. The only way that an American can adopt from Bangladesh according to this U.S. government website, is if they are duel citizens with Bangladesh. Please keep reading in the additional details, they are important! This means that since McCain adopted from Bangladesh, one of three scenarios took place: 1.) McCain has duel citizenship and is also a Bangladeshi citizen which could affect his impartiality as president seems like it could affect his eligibilty towards being a president at all. 2.) McCain illegally adopted his daughter from Bangladesh, making him an international kidnapper. 3.) There were radically different laws in Bangladesh in the early 1990s when the adoption happened. The information about adoptions in Bangladesh was obtained from the following website: http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_334.html Here is a relevant quote from the website: "Prospective guardians must be at least 18 years old being of sound mind and capable of maintaining through provision of food, shelter and education and provide proof of Bangladeshi citizenship." Here is a quote from an article written by the Associated Press that mentions McCain's Bangladesh adoption: "The senator's older three children — two sons of his first wife, Douglas and Andrew, whom he adopted, and a daughter they had together, Sidney — are in their 40s. With Cindy McCain, he has Meghan, Jack, Jimmy, and their youngest, Bridget, adopted from Bangladesh as an infant. She told a young reporter for Scholastic News in December that her favorite subject at her private school in Phoenix is history, and that she loves playing sports." It is from this website: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hGdXd7x9VJAsT6S_gVdbqZeA50IQD91PA9H03 After reviewing all this information, please let me know what you think of McCain's potential Bangladeshi citizenship and also whether or not duel-citizens are eligble for the American presidency. I've been thinking about this a lot over the past few days and just want to find an answer to my questions. Thanks in advance! While it may be discouraged for Americans to get citizenship from additional countries, there are many people in the United States who have dual citizenship. An example of this is found whenever a child is born who has parents from different countries. The child often receives dual citizenship. I know several people who fit this description. They are dual American and Canadian citizens. One of my professors in college was American but married a Czech woman, so his children are both American and Czech citizens. This happens all the time and people can also opt to become dual citizens without family ties to a given country (although in the U.S. this is much harder to accomplish. I know McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone, which counts as American soil because of its status at the time; that is, however, a different issue. My question concerns the fact that he adopted a child from a country that only allows its own citizens to adopt. That strikes me as odd and sent up red flags when I first read it. Please read my question and then respond to that part and don't drag unrelated material into this discussion.