Reply #3: I was born in South America of an American father and Chilean mother who

[Cleita]

became an American citizen. I have a letter from the U.S consulate verifying my status as an American citizen when I was born, so that my dad could put me on his passport, when I was a baby. I later got my own passport on the strength of that letter. My parents also applied for a Certificate of Citizenship for me, which I have used to get a driver's license and my present passport. I also have my original birth certificate and a baptismal certificate that is often used instead of a birth certificate for identification.

I doubt if many of my fellow Americans, who were born here, can document themselves as well as I can, myself.