HI RADUGA.... YOUR MOMS STORY IS AS CONFUSING AS MINE! LETS SEE IF I HAVE IT STRAIGHT. YOUR MOM WAS RAISED THE FIRST 3 YEARS BY HER MOTHER..WHICH IS NATIVE AMERICAN. SHE WAS THEN GIVIN TO HER AMOM WITH EXCHANGE OF MONEY. THE MONEY WAS PAID TO THE AMOM.(MAYBE FOR HER CARE/ or MONEY TO PAY FOR THE ADOPTION?) THEN SHE WAS RAISED VERY CRUELLY BY HER AMOM. HER BIRTHCERTIFICATE SAYS HER AMOMS NAME ON IT. WHAT DATE DOES IT SAY..IT WAS REGISTERED...WHAT YEAR? THE YEAR SHE WAS BORN? OR THE YEAR THAT SHE WAS 3 YEARS OLD? WHAT STATE DO YOU THINK SHE WAS BORN IN ? THE DOCUMENT SHE HAS FROM THE HOSPITOL...WITH NO DOCTORS SIGNITURE....IS IT THE KIND WITH THE BABY FOOTPRINTS OR WEIGHT? DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE ORGINAL BIRTHCERTIFICATE AND ONE AMENDED. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE THE AMENDED ONE. THE ORIGINAL IS PROBABLY LOCKED UP ..ACCORDING TO WHAT STATE ITS IN. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON THE B.C. UNDER STATE FILE NUMBER. WHAT ARE THE FIRST 3 NUMBERS? THESE NUMBERS SHOULD SHOW YOU WHAT STATE SHE WAS BORN. THE WEB SITE WITH THE STATES NUMBERS IS
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/E.../5206/num.html HUGS JANET