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Hello everyone!

I am posting to see if anyone here has had success in getting their original birth certificate from Massachusetts for reasons other than identifying birth parents' names.

I already have identifying information about my birth parents and I am currently in reunion with my birth mother. The reason I'm trying to get my OBC is to get Irish citizenship! My bmom is an Irish citizen, and due to the citizen by descent method I can become a citizen of Ireland/the EU. The Irish Embassy has told me that if I can provide information stating that I was, indeed, born to an Irish mother I qualify - even if I was adopted to non-Irish aparents! This will make international travel a whole lot easier for me when I go to Europe.

Has anyone else done this before?

I'm getting the motion/affidavit to open my records in the mail, and I'm looking for any advice on what to state in it to make it a "good enough" reason for the courts to open it. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Kelly