not really, me thinks. from my experience, most countries pass nationality neither through parentage or place of birth, but rather whether you as the parent chose to register your child with that country (either by getting a passport or by registering as a citizen). i find it a bit odd that a kid becomes a US citizen even if the parents are abroad, hold multiple passports and never do anything active to 'make' the kid a US citizen. the kids could not even vote for obama (contrary to their dork father)