I just read that Cruz’s father became a Canadian citizen in 1973. He was a citizen of Cuba before that. To think he could bequeath American citizenship to Ted Cruz, in any manner, is laughable.
How long does it take to become a Canadian citizen? It is not instantaneous, so he had to apply just at the same time he entered Canada or thereabouts, and probably even before Ted was born.
Little known, odawg, is that many have not commented on the Vietnam war raging blistering hot in 1969 when Cruz senior left the US for CANADA, and he returned to the US in 1975 when the war was declared over. A coincidence?