Talk:Calum Best

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Calum Best was born in America and, judging by his accent, raised in America. How does that make him "British"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.203.3.219 (talk) 06:11, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Presumably, nationality is what the person themselves chooses it to be, within reason. Which would lead me to suggest that Calum Best sees himself as British, and, I expect, has a British passport. A quick look at the nationality article shows: "nationality is established at birth by a child's place of birth (jus soli) and/or bloodline (jus sanguinis)". Taking the bloodline reasoning, both his parents are British, so he is as well. Taking the other side, he was born in the US, which could potentially give him American status too.
You can't argue that he's not British, but you perhaps could argue that he's both British and American. Which is where I would say it becomes his choice. But I don't know if that would be a "legal" definition. --86.130.31.100 22:46, 15 November 2007 (UTC).

Being born in the US doesn't "potentially" give you American status, it makes you American. As per the 14th amendment. He is free to call himself British if he likes, but Wiki is not obligated to describe a person by their own preferred definition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.203.3.65 (talk) 01:08, 6 January 2008 (UTC)