Reply #5: When I was 16, I found out the state altered my birthday...

[purduejake]

so it would be even more difficult to find birth parents. I only had the information because the adoption attorney died and his secretary "accidentally" sent my parents the records. I was devastated with the realization that I never celebrated my real birthday with people I love.

I've gotten to the point where birthdays are not a big deal now, but some states do horrible things. It's bad enough I have no family medical history.

edit: My birthday was not altered much, unlike many cases I've heard of. I was born on Jan 6, and my new birth certificate and all new records say Jan 16. I was born in Ohio, but have an Indiana birth certificate.