6岁时，父母将他和三个兄弟姐妹带到了美国。而一个未成年人要获得美国国籍实在是困难重重，所以他的父母也没有花费精力来进行申请。

His parents brought him and three siblings to the United States when he was 6, but because of the difficulties in acquiring citizenship for minors, they never bothered to apply.

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就老朋友的国籍而言，日本人获得老朋友称号的人数最多，达到了111位，这几乎是排在第二位的美国人的两倍。

Looking into the nationality, Japanese topped the list of "old friends", up to 111, which is nearly twice as many as Americans in the second.

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此外，出生后你可以通过父母成为美国公民，这种方式称为“衍生”或“获得”国籍，或者自己申请加入美国国籍，从而成为美国公民。

Additionally, you may become a U.S. citizen after birth either through your parents, known as "derived" or "acquired" citizenship, or by applying for naturalization on your own.

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