Canadian Citizenship

Sarah Raza, " Millions of Americans may now also be considered Canadian under a new law," AP (April 23, 2026): Previously, Canadian citizenship by descent could only be passed down to one generation, from a parent to a child. But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove they have a direct Canadian ancestor — a grandparent, great-grandparent or even more distant ancestor. According to DNA analysis, my ancestry is 48% French Canadian. My nearest relative born in Canada is my grandmother, Yvonne Aurore Hélie (1900-1999), a native of Quebec. Quebec didn't issue birth certificates until recently, but the church register of L'église de la Visitation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge, in Pointe-du-Lac, contains the record of my grandmother's baptism (thanks to a Canadian friend for deciphering the handwriting; click to enlarge, entry B-37 at lower right corner): Le vingt sept août mil neuf cent. nous, prêtre, curé, soussigné avons baptisé Marie Aurore Yvonne, née…