Picture: wet cat in a bathtub looking at the camera “I seriously don’t understand why we need birth certificates, like I promise you I was born”

  • Libra00@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Birth certificates are not a method of verifying that you were born, they are a method of recording the other relevant details like who your parents are, when and where you were born, under what citizenship, etc. Those things are kinda important for establishing your eligibility for legal rights.

    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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      2 days ago

      Also that a child has been born, and will therefore need welfare verification at various milestones such as school registration, health registration etc.