Originally Posted by
lin821
(Bolding mine)
I am puzzled. Since a
passport is supposed to be a legal document issued by a government to identify one's nationality/ID, what and why makes you think and/or believe any foreign government would give out their passports like candies to an American in similar situations like you,
legally? You must have known something that I don't.

If the OP's parents were born in another country (he only mentions that they're not living in another country
now) then he could be l entitled to citizenship of that country. It depends on the country.
So - the idea is not as absurd as you think.