[esquirette]

Your statement about race is true. In 1961 white or black or negro or colored would have been on there for race.

The other thing is that a certified copy is certified by someone who made the copy in the office of vital records. The original was signed by someone and that signature remains a part of the permanent record. Then the copy is certified by the clerk making the certified copy.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Obama would not have changed the race to African since he would love to maximize the impact of having his father called a Negro or colored to emphasize it and once again play the race card.

[muawiyah]

The statement about "race" is simply not true. See some of my posts for a fuller assessment.

In 1961 you could get almost anything since it was up to the local authorities to decide what race you were, and what a race actually was.

The federal government had not yet imposed their nonsense system on everyone.