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Birth Certificate Quotes

On birth certificates, identity, and proof of origin.

These quotes treat the birth certificate as a basic identity document, including one account of growing up for years without ever having one on file.

I didn't even have a birth certificate until I was 9 years old, which meant that, according to the state of Idaho and the federal government, I just didn't exist.

Quotes by Tara Westover

I went to regular schools and I was home schooled a lot but I don't have any history in schools. Like, I literally don't exist. I didn't even get a birth certificate until the mid-80s. I always feel like I...

Quotes by Rose McGowan

To get me in to the Army underage, my mother signed me in saying that my birth certificate was lost in a fire in Nashville, so I got in underage. I was 16. She did because I begged her to...

Quotes by Robert Downey Sr.

The only name on my birth certificate was Henley, no first name.

Quotes by Rickey Henderson

Documentation Quotes

I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.

Quotes by Raul Labrador

My father marched in Selma. My father was there in Alabama. That's where I was born. My birth certificate says 'colored.' It does not say I'm African-American or black. So for me, those are real realities that are not subject...

Quotes by Orlando Jones

Since the issues surrounding President Obama's birth certificate began during his campaign in 2008, I have rejected the notion that he is anything other than American.

Quotes by Mike Coffman

The facts are simply that my brother was born in the United States at the Kapiolani Hospital for Women and Children in 1961. His birth certificate has been authenticated by a number of sources.

Quotes by Maya Soetoro-Ng

If someone accuses me of not being born here, I can go -within 10 minutes - to my filing cabinet and I can pick up my real birth certificate and I can go, 'See? Look! Here it is. Here it...

Quotes by Luke Scott

Identity Quotes

I should have been called Kelvin. That would have been a top name: Kelvin-Prince. That was a mistake on the birth certificate - no one knows that.

Quotes by Kevin-Prince Boateng

My first year playing Pop Warner football, my mom had to change my birth certificate because I was too young. I was 5, I think, and you were supposed to be 6.

Quotes by Frank Gore

My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my Emmitt from the rest of them. Even though on my birth certificate it has one T, I just added the extra...

Quotes by Emmitt Smith

You have all these people in the city and everything has become centralized. If you live outside the city and you need a birth certificate or some official paper from the government, you have to travel to the city.

Quotes by Edwidge Danticat

In Alabama, when you come out of the hospital, they have to stamp your birth certificate with either Alabama or Auburn, or you don't leave.

Quotes by Dabo Swinney

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these birth certificate quotes focus on?
They treat a birth certificate as a basic identity document, covering personal stories of not having one, proving family history, and responding to public doubt about someone's birthplace.
Is there a quote about growing up without a birth certificate?
Yes, one speaker recalls not having a birth certificate until age nine, meaning that officially, by the state and federal government's own records, they didn't exist until then.
Does a quote here reference the Obama birth-certificate controversy?
Yes, one quote references the public dispute over President Obama's birth certificate that began during his 2008 campaign. It states factually that the controversy occurred, without taking any position on the underlying claim itself.
Is there a quote about a sibling's birth records?
Yes, one describes a brother's birth at a specific U.S. hospital in 1961, noting that the certificate has since been authenticated by multiple sources.
Does anyone describe producing their own birth certificate as proof?
Yes, one quote describes being able to pull a real birth certificate from a filing cabinet within minutes to answer anyone who questions where they were born. See related Proof quotes.

Others describe producing a certificate as proof against public doubt about where someone was born. See Proof quotes.