[El Gato]

In that era they would have used the term “white”.

Not on birth certificates, there have been lots of early '60s BCs posted here, they all use Caucasian. What is in disput is that they also would not have used "African" but rather Negroid or Negro. The third choice would have been "Mongoloid"

[Girlene]

Not on birth certificates, there have been lots of early '60s BCs posted here, they all use Caucasian. What is in disput is that they also would not have used "African" but rather Negroid or Negro. The third choice would have been "Mongoloid"

Good point. But someone closely connnected to the father, who knew his heritage, might have used the term "African" at the time if they were filling out a Certificate of Live Birth vs. a hospital or other legitimate attendant to a live birth.