It matters not that in Vattel’s day patrilineage was the rule. It is no longer. You may have heard of the 14th Amendment. It changed the Constitution and made patrilineage unconstitutional.
As a result you can no longer take Vattel’s reference to ‘fathers’ as literally as you could have if you were born in 1740.
Please join us in the late 19th century, at least.
BTW, there is ample evidence that the Founders accepted the primacy of jus sanguinis. Your insistence on jus solis is the kind of bad thinking that gave us anchor babies. Thanks a lot.
I have already clearly demonstrated that Jus Soli is at least the minimum standard by which natural born citizenship is determined. this is easily discerned from article II, section I, clause 5 and the reality of it is fully supported by historical records. If Ted Cruz can’t even meet the minimum standard, there’s no need to even discuss the stricter standard.