I know that others will chime in with accuracy as far as the book’s account of when he found the birth certificate, but until they pipe up, my recollection just from reading threads here on FR is that he found the b.c. sometime in high school or maybe even earlier. When Race saw him, he must have been graduated already.
I think when Race saw him, he had seen the b.c., if the story in the books is true.
If I’m wrong, someone let me know!
Thanks. My reaction was the same as yours. I thought it was early on but I didn’t know why. I have the darn book on PDF. Don’t like even opening it but I will since I can locate the info with a search. If I get anything specific, I’ll come back and post it.
I have to get another copy of the PDF. Had a hard drive problem that effected a small number of files. As luck would have it, that pdf was one of them.