Both of Cruz’s parents, Rafael Cruz and Eleanor Darragh Wilson, were married to others before they married in 1969.
Cruz, 44, had two half-sisters from his father’s earlier marriage. One, Miriam Cruz, died in 2011 at age 49, in Collingdale, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb. The medical examiner ruled it an accidental death from taking a combination of prescription medicines....
The other half-sister, Roxana Cruz, 52, is a medical doctor, who practices as an internist in Greenville, Texas, 45 miles northeast of Dallas....
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article24782596.html
On his mother’s side Cruz had a half-brother, Michael Wilson (1960 - 1965), who died before Cruz was born. Cruz learned of the deceased sibling from his mother during his teenage years.
http://www.theoutsidercandidates.com/TED-CRUZ.html
Thank you for the info. I didn’t know any of that. It seems the divorce that damaged the sister occurred when the sister was 7 or younger.