Birth Name: Rafael Edward Cruz
Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date of Birth: December 22, 1970
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity:
*50% Cuban
*37.5% Irish
*12.5% Italian
Family info: Ted Cruz is an American politician. He is a senator from Texas.
Ted was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His father is Cuban-born, and moved to the United States in 1957 (becoming a United States citizen in 2005). His mother is American-born (she was born in Delaware). Ted’s maternal grandfather was of Irish descent and Ted’s maternal grandmother was of half Italian and half Irish ancestry. Ted was raised in the United States from a young age.
Ted’s maternal grandparents were Edward John Darragh, Jr. (the son of Edward John Darragh and Ellen T. Haggerty) and Elizabeth F. Cekine (the daughter of Dominic Cekine and Mary Lonergan). Edward John Darragh, Jr. was of Irish descent. Dominic was born in Abruzzo, Italy, and Mary was born in County Tipperary, Ireland.
Source: Genealogy of Ted Cruz (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dowfam3&id=I440514
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