Earlier you wrote:<p>&gt; <i>it was discovered that they had never been Canadian citizens in the first place. Their parents lied to them and told them that they were Canadians</i><p>You misunderstood a key fact from the article: They were born in Canada.<p>&quot;You are probably a Canadian citizen if you were born in Canada&quot;, according to:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cic.gc.ca&#x2F;english&#x2F;citizenship&#x2F;rules&#x2F;index.asp" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cic.gc.ca&#x2F;english&#x2F;citizenship&#x2F;rules&#x2F;index.asp</a><p>where &quot;probably&quot; means there are very obscure exceptions that only a bureaucrat can dream up.