It sure provided the impetus.
It opens the citizenship door and examination of the records. It questions his sincerity and honesty- the entire Cruz story. The NE photographs are part of his parents real timeline published online here at FR and other places.
That’s why he was lamenting about his father being tortured in Cuba and struggling washing dishes in the concession speech. He’s trying to defend him one last time on his way out.
If he never learned the full story from his dad, others would have told him. Reporters have been interviewing Cubans that have conflicting reports to his dad’s tale. Too many conflicting stories have surfaced about Cruz.
There is a reason it took Ted nearly 18 months to drop his Canadian citizenship. All the related parental documents would have surfaced, and they needed to be sealed. His parents became Canadians: no jus soli and no jus sanguis.