Finally, there is definitive proof: The presidential candidate was born in the United States, and his father was not.
Yes, Republican Mitt Romney appears eligible to be president, according to a copy of Romney's birth certificate released by his campaign. Willard Mitt Romney, the certificate says, was born in Detroit on March 12, 1947.
His mother, Lenore, was born in Utah, and his father, former Michigan Governor George Romney, was born in Mexico.
So during a week when Donald Trump was trying to help Mitt Romney by stirring up new questions about whether President Obama was born in the United States, Romney's birth record became a reminder that in the 1968 presidential campaign, his father had faced his own "birther" controversy.
Back then, George Romney-who died in 1995-was challenging eventual President Richard Nixon in the Republican primaries.
Questions about his eligibility to be president surfaced almost as soon as he began his campaign.
They appear to echo today's complaints that "birthers" have made about Obama questioning whether Obama-whose father was from Kenya and mother from Kansas-was born in hawaii.
In George Romney's case, most of the questions were raised initially by Democrats who cited the Constitution's requirement that only a "natural born citizen" can be president.
"My parents were American citizens. I was a citizen at birth" George Romney said, according to a statement in his archives.
The Congressional Research Service agreed with George Romney, according to congress.
Mitt Romney has tried to avoid getting caught up on Obama's birthplace. Romney "has said repeatedly that he believes President Obama was born in the United States"
What do you think? What about Obama's college transcripts that say he is a foreign student? Remember? Obama does use other names in his past. Thank You for reading.
Rev.John.