Under the law that existed at that tmie, the mother did not meet residency reuqirements for him to qualiyf as a citizen even if he wsa born in Hawaii since he got carted off to Indonesia at a young age, reporetdly adopted by a foregin ... Edit not a causal Christian, why would we care abuot the Indonesian school He lived iwth his Idnonesian stepfather for a while. Whats so unusual about that Lots of American kids spned time out of the country, including McCain, ...