[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

A birth cert is a historical document for the child not the parent, it should have accurate information on it for the child regarding their parents. What's bizarre is that you're trying to convince me that I'm weird for thinking this

But then what about the mothers who register their babies with no name for the father given?

People are insisting accuracy (although I don't see what's inaccurate about labelling Betty and Len "Parents" rather than "Mother and Father") but there doesn't seem to be a lot of insistency on gathering all of the relevant and accurate information on them anyway. The mother can literally take any boyfriend and claim he is the father.