Don adoptees have a birth certificate like everyone else?
No. At the time an adoption is finalized, an ‘Amended’ Birth Certificate (ABC) is issued. This document lists the adoptive parents as the mother and father and may change the actual place of birth to the adoptive parents’ residence. The ABC is the only birth certificate that the adoptee has access to, without a court order. Much of the information filled in on an OBC is subsequently left out when the ABC is issued.
