Both parents were Americans it sounds like, no problem
No; his father got his Citizenship in 2005, according to Wikipedia.
Cruz’s father wasn’t an American at the time of his birth. From what I’ve read, and that could be wrong, he took US citizenship in 2005.***
If being born in Panama to a father who was serving in the US Navy at the time presented a question for McCain, being born in Canada to a non-citizen father who was working on an independent venture (not in the service of the USA) surely would present a problem for Cruz.
*** http://www.texastribune.org/2012/08/13/texplainer-could-canadian-born-ted-cruz-be-preside/
That's not the criterion.
The criterion is whether a person is entitled to US citizenship by virtue of the circumstances of his birth. If so, then the person is natural born. That would apply to Cruz, Obama, Jindal, Haley, McCain, Goldwater, Romney's dad.
The other case is where a person was foreign born but became a citizen via naturalization. That would apply to Kissinger, Schwarzenegger, Granholm. Citizens, but not natural born.
No his father was born in Cuba, and his mother in USA...HOWEVER Cruz was born in Canada, and I do NOT BUY THAT HE DID NOT KNOW HE WASN’T BORN IN USA...that’s absurd, because we use our birth certificate for everything.
If someone lies about anything.....be careful!
Now he would qualify DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF HIS MOTHER WHEN HE WAS BORN in CANADA. Now, since he has actually been a Canadian citizen all these years, does renouncing his Canadian citizenship now qualify him for 2016? Because I would believe he would have to become a US citizen since Canada does not have dual citizenship status.
The age of Obama’s mother was the issue, if he was born in Kenya. Go back to the threads at FR...
It's not a problem if both parents were native born Americans.