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Falsified Birth Certificates
Data collected by Kate Workman
Thanks Kate!
It's a fact that ALL states allow falsification of birth certificates - they are
all guilty of changing the true birth information, issuing an amended birth
certificate, and sealing the original... usually 'forever'. However, some states
go even a step further, according to reunited Triadians:
States that changed Details
ARIZONA
Amended birth certificate looks like the
original; no indication of an adoption occurring. AZ adoptees may
not be aware that they are adopted.
FLORIDA
(date and/or city of birth)Changing city of birth to reflect
the location of intermediary/aparents is STILL a practice that's
going on. I understand that they stopped tampering with birthdates
in *either* 1972 or 1974. I'm unable to confirm this.
GEORGIA
(date and/or birthplace, plus non-id info)Like FL, legally
allows changing city of birth to reflect location (county) of
aparents, as well as outright lies in non-id info... including false
medical information. In addition, the state will apparently allow
changing of birthdate at the aparent's [formal] request, by more
than a YEAR. GA is a particularly nasty state in regards to adoption
policies and procedures.
ILLINOIS
(date of birth)The adoptee who wrote had her date of birth
changed to the tune of ~12+ months!!
(date of birth)Also, amended birth certificate looks like the
original; no indication of an adoption occurring. IN adoptees may
not be aware that they are adopted.
MARYLAND
(city of birth)The reunited adoptee was born in Washington,
D.C., but her amended b/c states that she was born in Maryland...
home of her aparents.
MASSACHUSETTS
(date of birth)(no other info)
MICHIGAN
(date of birth)(no other info)
MINNESOTA
(falsification of non-id info)(no other info)
NEW YORK
dob appears to have been changed for one adoptee
NORTH CAROLINA
(city of birth)Apparently it is routine to change the
city of birth to reflect the location of the aparents, as in GA and
FL.
RHODE ISLAND
(*state* of birth)The reunited adoptee who wrote was
born in MA, but her amended b/c states that she was born in RI...
home of her aparents.
TEXAS
(city of birth and date of birth)Allows changing city, and
date of birth (but not the year).
UTAH
(no details)(no details)
WASHINGTON, DC
(city of birth)(no other info)
SEARCHERS BEWARE!!
The likelihood that your birth certificate was falsified
beyond the norm is actually *quite* small.... but it IS a possibility. Widen
your search parameters: look for near-dates, and cities other than the one
listed on your amended birth certificate, just in case you've been a victim of
gross b/c falsification. It happens.
Kate Workman
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