My father was born in 1956 (French Algeria, 6 years before independence). He never opted for French citizenship.
I was born in New York City to an American mother and have US & Algerian citizenship.
Am I eligible to become a French citizen given my father’s situation?
The short answer is no. Being born in colonial Algeria is not enough to open any claim to French citizenship unless your ancestors were themselves French citizens, fought on the French side during the War of Independence, or you were yourself born in France (double droit du sol).
See also French citizenship of an ancestor who died in Algeria before Independence
