The question that needs to be answered now is can one parent be ignored as to any parentage preference. I also note in your response you note the father’s had the qualifying trump power by 1790 and 1795 laws. If so what was the purpose of citing these in the previous discussions about parental importance. Am I missing something in your argument that Cruz is eligible for POTUSA based only on his mother’s citizenship?
Yes, in the same way we got rid of slavery, we also got rid of female second class status.
In fact, if we really wanted to think about it, we know that one can't fudge about who is the mother, but there can be all kinds of questions about who is actually the father. There aren't too many times when we take maternity tests, but paternity tests are all the rage. :>)
If we went any direction with only one parent, it would make sense to require the mother be the deciding parent.