[elashri]

This reminds me of one time I tried to get a birth certificate and I was asked a proof that I was born.

Just to make it clear. Not to prove I was born for those particular parents. It is born in general.

[withinboredom]

If you want to get technical and into some ships of Theseus nonsense, technically, anyone over the age of at least 10 was never born.

[mlrtime]

It's more that it is proof that you are who you say you are. I just recently had to order birth certificates from my state. They ask for at least 1 of many different types of proof.

For newborns, hospitals release a 'statement of facts' that allow you to order the birth certificate. YMMV.