Duncan Renaldo Didn’t Know Where He Was Born
In one of the most peculiar moments in immigration history, Duncan Renaldo claimed he had no idea where he was born when he arrived in the United States. He said that though he has a Romanian birth certificate which states his parents are Dumitru and Teodora Cugheanos, he thought he had been born in Camden, New Jersey.
He also said that he had never met his biological parents and was in fact raised in many different European nations. He then emigrated as an adult to the United States in 1917 when he claimed to be Greek. Fortunately for him, he was still granted U.S. citizenship.
