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> If the mother is an American, it's not complicated. > Can we just assume that married men are the fathers of their wives' children? (yes)

My sister in law was born and raised in America. She now lives in the EU and has a child with her wife. Despite gay marriage being legal in the US, her child is currently unable to obtain American citizenship because she was not the biological mother.

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I would assume the same applies to straight parents who adopted, in fact I have a family member on my wife’s side who adopted from China.

You are having the same issues my brother in law is having. You need to live in the US to make the process easier. It actually been a pain to get his wife a work permit because they haven’t lived here in 10 years.

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