why doesnt my birth certificate have a hospital listed on it.?

Question

i was adopted when i was about 3 years old. i have had alot of missing information about what really happened, i noticed on my birth certificate that there is no hospital listed
does this mean i wasnt born in a hospital?

i was born in texas, i recently found out that my name is not as i was told, the birth index shows i have a middle name
my adoptive parents told me i didnt.
thanks for all who answered. it is just one of the missing pieces in all this.

yes my brother and i are thinkiing about the legality of it all, my adoptive parents told me they had me at two months but the file date shows nine days after i was born. they have lied about so much, i feel i have a right to know , and so do alot of other adoptees

what started this was looking for medical information, my adoptive parents got irrate even when they told me they would tell me whenever i wanted to know, they have used the words kidnapping and you have no proof and it my word against theirs. they have gone so far as to claim i am unstable parent and they want my child their grandchild. they even called law enforcement trying to get my son. my question is what are they so afraid of, if they havent done anything illegal.
all i wanted was the truth and now since they have without succeding tried to take my son i have cut all ties , its one thing to lie but to try and cover it up and get the law involved crosses the line and breaks ties

Answer 1

What you have is an Amended Birth Certificate. All adoptees have them.

They are often missing vital information, including but not limited to : hospital, township,city, village, time of birth, single or multiple birth

In the past such important facts as date of birth have been altered.

All of this to "protect" you from the stigma of being "illegitimate"


The only way to find out the original facts is to petition the court to open your birth records.

good luck!

Answer 2

Some states do not list a specific hospital but just the county, mine is that way. From experience of researchign for birth parents though I can tell you that often an original certificate is changed to list the adoptive parents' names so would not list a hospital. You can write to the state you were born in and request non-identifying informtaion about your birth parents.

Answer 3

Speaking as a Texas born adoptee, mine does not have my hospital listed either. The line for the hospital has my adoptive parents home address listed. This is very common and hinders the adoptee who is trying to search.

Answer 4

I am adopted too. I don't have the hospital name on my birth certificate either, just the town/county that I was born. I was about 6 weeks old when I was adopted. That does not mean you were not born in a hospital.

Answer 5

I can think of two reasons. The name of the hospital may not be required on birth certificates in your state. Look at somebody else's to see. Yours may have been a "closed" adoption, and that information is kept from you to lessen the chance of your finding your birth parents.

Answer 6

well ok so you have alot of information that isn't true.well its not they aren't telling you everything not sure how much they do know. its like they dont' want you to run off and be with birth parents i do feel alot of parents are afraid of that or that you wont' love them enough. they have gotten you and i am not so sure they know the entire story. i was adopted and my parents didn't know the entire story about my background either. i was given to them by grandma and she couldn't raise me. my dad wanted me but he couldn't raise a baby i was born and then mom left. so i saw my birth certifcate. it was adotpion certificate. not like the birth ones. but since i knew my real name i could write and get my real one. which i did. now the adoption one has very little on it and its normal. it wouldn't have the hosp also but they are cross filed. some of the adoptions are not opened and its sealed records which you can get when you are 18 and somethings it when the adtoped parents pass away. you could have been but that is why you don't know. if you know your name then find out from real one. you write the health department with real name. try and talk to your mom about all the stuff i have no idea how old you are. but i think you could sit down and talk to her. i was adopte din early 50's and they had me since i was born. so was long time i suspect they were afraid i wold be gone any time till it was done. sure is a hard feeling t live with for so long. take care.

Answer 7

It could mean you were born at home, however this is not necessarily so. It could also be that your birth was registered at City Hall, in that case you wouldn't have to be registered at the hospital you were born. If you know where you were born you could get the information at the City Hall of your place of birth.

Good luck with getting the pieces of the puzzle together.

Answer 8

No I don't think so. In the UK only the place of birth ie Town, City, Village etc is named. I too was adopted, my children not the above applied to all our birth certificates.

Answer 9

Seems to me that there is a lot wrong with your birth certificate. It doesn't make sense to me that there would be no address at all in the place of birth. My Mom was born in a farm house, but it lists that address (by the parcel ID). Makes me slightly suspicious of the legality of the filing.

Answer 10

No need to. He's already legally proven he was born in Hawaii. Perhaps you'd care to explain why NO OTHER President has been forced to produce a BC? Other that they were all white, that is. Nope, no racism here.