I'm sorry to say this, Iain ... but it sounds a rather drastic measure - the young lady "HAVING", as it were, to find another British guy, purely for the sake of her daughter [who's half-English/Scots, or whatever, by blood] being brought-up in the UK. I mean ...... SURELY there must be SOME other way ... although I confess, I DON'T know HOW ... she can fulfill her ambitions for the child's future ...