In the United States, birth certificates usually consist of a Certificate of Live Birth, which is a standard form. Its purpose is to collect information and issue a recognized birth certificate that ...

Next to their social security card, your child’s birth certificate is their most important identifying document. They’ll need it if, for instance, they want to apply for government benefits, need a ...

On Tuesday, 55-year-old Sara Kelly Keenan received something in the mail she’s been waiting for her entire life: an accurate birth certificate. Keenan was born intersex, with male genes, female ...

I was adopted in Colorado in the late 1960s. At the age of 20, I was stricken with a serious illness that necessitated access to my medical history, including my birth family’s history. To my distress ...