The conservative media's civil war over Ted Cruz 'birtherism'

Washington Post ^ | 01/14/2016 | By Callum Borchers

[GBA]

Yes, both. Each contributes one third. Equally.

However, in older, more patriarchal times, the mother's citizenship contribution would have been automatically and legally the same as the father's due to/because of the legal partnership of marriage.

I'm not sure how that would have worked with "illegitimate" children back then, though.

There once was a lot of negative stigma attached to being a "bastard" child for a lot of reasons.

Regardless, the mother contributes one third of her child's citizenship inheritance at birth the same as the father does. Neither greater than nor superior to the other.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

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The first link in this post #10 is the one you are looking for.