Ouch, that would be a painful birth! Well, in your case, if you were born in Canada to an American mom, and you never got your consular birth abroad docs until 62, you probably skipped along never having to prove your citizenship. Maybe you ran your own business, never traveled abroad, and I don’t know what you did for a SS number.
That’s an interesting point, Yaelle. What do you show to get a social security number? (it’s been soooooo long since I got mine, I can’t remember if you had to produce a birth certificate).
I never traveled abroad. My husband and I did own a business for a time. I got a SS number when I was 16 (so I could work). Went to school and I NEVER had to produce a Birth Certificate. It wasn't until I applied for SS when I was 62 and then they required it. I contacted the state I was born in and paid the money then received it. I was born at home and when I received it, it was a little card partially filled out by my mom (I could recognize her hand writing) the doctor, then my name was typed in later. This little card was then photo copied onto the green Birth Certificate paper. That green paper like Obama's.
I was just thinking. Maybe Ted Cruz’s mother notified the consulate at his birth but never bothered to pick up the certificate like my parents never did for me the birth certificate. It wasn’t until he needed a hard copy to go on an over seas field trip that the hard copy was ordered.