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If you're born in the UN building, what nationality are you?

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If you are born in the United Nations building in New York, which is owned by the member nations, what nationality are you?
Steve, Blackheath

Answer

** Definitive **
Name: Ray, Southgate
Qualification: I had a friend who was born in a United Nations property
Answer: If you were born in the US Embassy in London, you are American. If you are born in the UN building, you come from the country of the domicile of your father. So if the father is British, then the child will be British also.

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