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From: Dale Thompson <>
Subject: [AFHA] Re: How to list adopted children
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 05:38:27 -0500
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Touchy subject... and a sore spot with me, I have a son who was adopted
and no longer has my name. The adoption went against my wishes, but the
courts do what they see fit. They even changed his Birth Certificate,
not only was I deleted from it, and replaced by someone who is not even
blood related to him, they changed other information as well, such as
the place that he was born. He was born in the local hospital, but his
Birth Certificate now lists a local street address which is not the
hospital. In this case money won out, as his adopted father had more
money than I did. Where does the State get the right to change the info.
on a Birth Certificate? We are who we are born as, that is who we will
be all our lives, that is who we will die as. A Birth Certificate should
be almost sacred, NO ONE should be allowed to change what is entered on
it when a person is born. How long has this been going on? Who knows,
think about this when you look at that Birth Certificate that you
searched for years to find. My son knows me and that I am his father,
but for those who ask "what if he finds out by looking in my records?"
If the child is old enough to find it in your records, then they are old
enough to know who they really are. For those who would keep a person's
identity secret from them, such as an adopted child's parents, I say
this, I believe that over 90% of who we are is determined by genetics.
The more that you know about your ancestors, the more you will
understand about yourself. This is only my humble opinion, and I'm sure
that some will disagree. I just want all of you to consider these things
when you look at that Birth Certificate, what's on it might not be
correct.

Dale in Texas

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