“there is no indication that
(3) The statement “This certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship for the child or the parents named above.” [Eff. FEB 19 1981] (Auth: HRS Secs. 321-9, 338-2) (Imp: HRS Secs. 338-17.7(c), 338-20.5)
is retroactive to adoptions decades earlier...”
Conceded, it was the only documentation I could find.
One thing i’m not clear on, if Obama had to get a current copy of his birth certificate today, and he really was born abroad, would he be forced to apply for one for foreign born adopted in Hawaii?
No idea.
I think it would look like any other copy he got before 1981. But I really don’t know.