{"id":236929,"date":"2026-07-02T08:54:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=236929"},"modified":"2026-07-02T08:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:54:47","slug":"a-1947-law-cut-americans-ancestors-out-of-canada-a-new-law-just-made-their-descendants-citizens-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=236929","title":{"rendered":"A 1947 law cut Americans\u2019 ancestors out of Canada. A new law just made their descendants citizens again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian citizenship passes down through bloodlines. But if your ancestor lived in Canada before 1947, the rules of that era may have cut your family out of citizenship entirely\u2014until now. The pivotal year is 1947; that\u2019s when Canada created citizenship as a legal status \u2014 and decided who got it&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/06\/a-1947-law-cut-americans-ancestors-out-of-canada-a-new-law-just-made-their-descendants-citizens-again-0677412.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian citizenship passes down through bloodlines. 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