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  2. Intersex - Wikipedia

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    Intersex people are individuals born with any of several sex characteristics, including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies". [ 1 ][ 2 ]

  3. Birthright citizenship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Citizenship in the United States is a matter of federal law, governed by the United States Constitution.. Since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 9, 1868, the citizenship of persons born in the United States has been controlled by its Citizenship Clause, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...

  4. Citizenship of the United States - Wikipedia

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    There are two primary sources of citizenship: birthright citizenship, in which persons born within the territorial limits of the United States are presumed to be a citizen, or—providing certain other requirements are met—born abroad to a United States citizen parent, [6] [7] and naturalization, a process in which an eligible legal immigrant ...

  5. Citizenship Clause - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 June 2024. First sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Citizenship Clause is the first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was adopted on July 9, 1868, which states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and ...

  6. United States nationality law - Wikipedia

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    United States nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United States nationality. In the United States, nationality is typically obtained through provisions in the U.S. Constitution, various laws, and international agreements. Citizenship is established as a right under the Constitution, not as a privilege, for those born ...

  7. Polycephaly - Wikipedia

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    They identify as two people, and are recognised as two people legally and socially. [18] On the other hand, Syafitri, born 2006 in Indonesia, were given one name by their parents because they only had one heart. [19] In early Germany, conjoined twins that could not be separated were legally considered one person. [20]

  8. Birthday problem - Wikipedia

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    The computed probability of at least two people sharing a birthday versus the number of people. In probability theory, the birthday problem asks for the probability that, in a set of n randomly chosen people, at least two will share a birthday. The birthday paradox refers to the counterintuitive fact that only 23 people are needed for that ...

  9. Legal recognition of intersex people - Wikipedia

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    Sociological research in Australia, a country with a third 'X' sex classification, shows that 19% of people born with atypical sex characteristics selected an "X" or "other" option, while 52% are women, 23% men, and 6% unsure. [5] [20] At birth, 52% of persons in the study were assigned female, and 41% were assigned male. [5]