I dunno. Maybe SAD was the one who specified “African” and not Senior. See my homepage for an example of a COLB that lists “Hawaiian” and “American” as the parents’ races. I researched the little girl on ancestry.com. It’s a legitimate certificate. It proves, IMO, that the statement by the HDoH employee is accurate. For the parents’ race, Hawaii uses whatever the parent or parents supplied.
“For the parents race, Hawaii uses whatever the parent or parents supplied.”
Can provide documentation the Hawaii law in 1961 the parents can designate their own race?
What do you think about the "accuracy" of this one:
Fukino said, she wanted to inspect the files and did so, taking with her the state official in charge of vital records. She found the original birth record, properly numbered, half typed and half handwritten, and signed by the doctor who delivered Obama, located in the filesML/NJSource: msnbc