birth certificate
noun
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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This must be proven with documents such as a passport or birth certificate.
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Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
The now 49-year-old from New Jersey certainly discovered them – and in the process learned that the father on her birth certificate, who died of a deadly brain cancer, wasn't related to her at all.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
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Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
The now 49-year-old from New Jersey certainly discovered them – and in the process learned that the father on her birth certificate, who died of a deadly brain cancer, wasn't related to her at all.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
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birth certificate
noun
birth cer·tif·i·cate
-(ˌ)sər-ˈtif-i-kət 
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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