Aug 06, 2024
Time for the new puzzler.
Here it is.
Two girls are born of the same parents in Boston, Massachusetts, obviously not at the same time, otherwise they'd be twins. They are not twins.
One of them is a citizen of the United States, and the other is not.
How could this be?
So, to be clear, they were both born in Boston, Massachusetts, one of them is a citizen of the United States, and the other one is not a citizen of the United States.
And the second one, she has not given up her citizenship to the United States, she did not renounce her citizenship or anything like that.
How is this possible?
Good luck.
Okay, answer time.
Two girls are born of the same parents in Boston. One is a citizen and one is not. How can this be?
If you are born on American soil, you are a citizen, regardless of your parentage. Unless you decide to give up your citizenship, but she didn't do this.
So, how is this possible?
Here is the answer.
The fact is that one of these girls was born before the United States was the United States, when Boston, Massachusetts was still just a colony, and one was born after the colony became the country of the United States. So they were born in the same place. One in 1775, and one a few years after that. One would be a citizen, and one was born in the colonies.
