I was born in a hospital in a town near my parents home. So I lived with my parents in one town but the actual event of my birth was in another.
When asked on official forms, job applications, etc. which birthplace is correct: the city of my parent's residence, or the city in which the hospital sits?
2006-10-04 04:53:37 · 15 answers · asked by michael941260 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I guess it's a silly issue, but the two towns sit side-by-side and have always held a friendly animosity between them. So I'd normally say I was "born and raised" in one place, yet for official purposes, I've answered the other.
Those of you who had a hard time accepting that this was a question, I also had a hard time accepting that your response was an answer, so we're even. It's all good.
2006-10-04 09:17:48 · update #1
The actual city where the hospital is would be your place of birth. So for forms, that would be correct.
2006-10-04 04:55:31 · answer #1 · answered by Leah 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Where the hospital is. That is the correct response, just as if you were asking for a copy of your birth cert. You would have to tell where the hospital that you were born in is at.
2006-10-04 05:01:46 · answer #2 · answered by bildymooner 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on who I am talking to and where I am...
If I am in another country, I say, "The USA."
If I am states away from home in the USA and talking to another person from the USA, I say the state I was born in.
If I am in the state I was born in, I say the city I was born in. The reason is because the person would know where that city is whereas if I was states away, they might not.
As far as your actual question in reference to a hospital, etc... most applications ask for the county not the city for this reason. Usually they are the same. If they aren't, you need to put the county/city where your birth certificate is stored in the registrar of deeds database. That is why the question is ask... to verify your records.
2006-10-04 04:58:27 · answer #3 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
For legal purposes, I would put the place where my birth was registered. Answering socially, you can always answer at length. I do because it can be interesting to listeners. You can say. "I was born in (hospital town) and lived in a small town (with parents) that didn't have a hospital. My mother's labour was terrible because she was bounced around the mountain roads of Northern Italy, so she named me Rocky".....oh, sorry, I got carried away.
2006-10-04 05:00:02 · answer #4 · answered by grapeshenry 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The city in which the hospital sits.
2006-10-04 04:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The actual city you were born in, where the hospital is.
2006-10-04 04:59:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the question has no hidden agenda. where were you born? easy, right? officially, you were born in the town the hospital is in. you give it too much thought. i don't think it matters all that much, as long as the towns are in the same county.
2006-10-04 05:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by barbsmonsta 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The hospital.
2006-10-04 05:05:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Geeze, don't make a mountain out of a mole hill.
Name of Hospital
City, State
They don't give a crap about where your parents or uncles or cousins or grandparents may or may not have been at the time.
2006-10-04 05:40:42 · answer #9 · answered by Zelda 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In a manger, in a little town called Bethlehem, Oklahoma
2006-10-04 04:55:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋