I guess I'm still confused about this. I've never seen an "original" birth
certificate. My state doesn't issue them, and apparently, neither does
Hawaii. In fact, the website for that Hawaiian Homestead program states
that
Hawaii no longer issues 'long form' birth certificates. After my children
were born, PA sent me official, legal, birth certificates, and they look
just like Obama's. They show the county and state of birth, and are signed
by a state official, not a hospital.
I couldn't produce a 'long form' birth certificate either, because my
state
doesn't issue them. There's no option to get any other kind of birth
certificate in Pennsylvania other than what I have; what they issue meets
the requirements of the State Department to prove citizenship (I got a
passport with it).I think many people are talking at cross-purposes as to
what is a 'real' birth certificate. I think every state is different as to
what they issue; maybe that's why people can't agree on what a 'real'
birth
certificate looks like.
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