“Did that sufficiently answer the claim?”
Not really. You’re suggesting that HA is being opaque with the truth (but they aren’t actually saying anything false) in order to cover something up. That his birth certificate says he was born in, say, Mombassa but another vital record that they have for him says he was born in Hawaii.
The problem there is that vital records in Hawaii refer to birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates. Which of the others, besides the birth certificate, would they be holding which could hold such data?
Yes, they are being opaque. Or lawyered up, to be more precise.
Adoption, request for HI birth that was allowed for those born abroad, request for HI birth with no hospital records, or a request to amend the BC all are “vital records”. What we do know with 98% certainty is that he has an amended record.