[hercuroc]

The true or probable country of birth shall be known as the place of birth, and the date of birth shall be determined by approximation. This report shall constitute an original certificate of birth

I wonder if this is why his birth number is later than Nordykes's.

And what's a probable country of birth-can you make one up?

[concerned about politics]

The new certificate of birth shall show the true or probable foreign country of birth, and that the certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship for the child

A foreign birth, if no documents are available, means they have to "guess" or assume the facts themselves. That's why a foreign certificate does not constitute legal natural born citizenship, or any citizenship for that matter.

A foreign certificate simply agrees the person was indeed born some where at some time.