[macerico]

Thanks.

Not that I'm sure what my answer is.

I'm trying to apply for a passport as an American National, and it seems that I should be able to do it, but that's why I find the whole "U.S. citizen" part confusing.

If I'm not a U.S. citizen, I should not have to document it. Period. I do have a certified copy of my birth certificate, but I don't want to give some bureaucrat the leverage to change my application to indicate U.S. citizenship when I expressly state that I am not one.