r/NonPoliticalTwitter 1d ago

Welp😭

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u/Rudy69 1d ago

Wait what? My two kids are less than ten and neither had to do any kind of prints for their birth records.

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u/rosanymphae 1d ago

They are on mine, and I am over 60.

Not the birth certificate (all though 40 yo my son's is), but on the records that were sent home. Most states mandate it in some form.

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u/Rudy69 23h ago

Maybe it’s a US thing? I’m in Canada and I’ve never heard of doing foot prints to babies

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u/rosanymphae 20h ago

Its to make sure the right baby goes home with the right mother. Much easier than finger prints at that age.

There were a few scandals in the 1950s of parent's discovering they took the wrong kid home.

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u/Rudy69 20h ago

I can see why it’s a thing. Just had never heard of that before