[Daisyjane69]

It is common, in many states, to reach back onto the birth certificates, to change a name on a birth certificate. From the birth name to the adopted name, and behave as the original name never existed.

I’m no fan of this, mind you, but this is done in a lot of the states and has been for many years.

So yes, a birth certificate from the sixties would reflect an adoption (thus a name change) into the seventies.

Go ahead and look it up. It’s no joke.

[squarebarb]

then why doesn't the governor of Hawaii say so? He could just say ‘He was legally adopted by Soretero and so his birth certificate has been legally changed to reflect that’? Instead of fumbling around saying he can't find it or access it?

[Hotlanta Mike]

It is common, in many states, to reach back onto the birth certificates, to change a name on a birth certificate. From the birth name to the adopted name, and behave as the original name never existed.

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The whole issue is a non-starter. Exchanging one foreign national father to another does not change the fact that Obama/Sotoero did not have 2 citizen parents at the time of birth. This is a wasted exercise.