My question to you was: Did you receive a Certification or a Certificate? I showed both a Certification and a Certificate. The Certificate gave much more information such as the parents place of birth. The Certification does not show this information.
If I remember correctly yours did not have parents place of birth. Also, if I remember correctly? You were adopted? That was the question I wanted to ask. I’m not sure if I have my facts correct or not. Hopefully you understand where I am going with this!
A) A certification is issued to those that the parents are questionable or unknown or hidden? In other words sealed?
B) A certificate actually shows the parents of birth
Am I incorrect in this scenario?
I have both. They are referred to as the long and short forms.
The Long form has the State of Parents birth on it, and if they were born outside the USA, then the Country is supposed to go there.
The COLB (Short form) does not put parent’s place of birth on it. It does however list race.
on A) there is a mechanism which does take this into account, certainly in the cases of adoption, that is a possibility that has to be taken into account. Someone with sealed records, can still get a COLB, the sealing of those records does not affect the ability of the person whose record it is from getting copies (certified or not) of their own records.
B) Both certificates show parents of Birth.