[mamelukesabre]

Here’s one for all you on FR to ponder...and maybe someone here actually knows the answer...

Is it possible for a person to be a legal natural born citizen if there is no birth certificate?

I think yes. This is why I think this whole birth certificate goose chase is a waste of time.

What do you all say?

[fanfan]

Is it possible for a person to be a legal natural born citizen if there is no birth certificate?

Possibly, if there were enough witnesses.

What would be the point of faking it, and lying about it? Just bring out your witnesses, and make the scandal go away.

This stinks.

[jwparkerjr]

Of course it's possible for one to be a legal, natural-born citizen if there is no birth certificate. The presence or absence of a birth certificate goes to the task of proving one's status, not the status itself.

My grandmother was born in a county in Iowa where the courthouse and all its records, including her birth record, were destroyed in a fire. She had to jump through some hoops to get it, but the State of Iowa eventually issued her a delayed birth certificate based on some entries in a family Bible and public school records.