Child in Hawaii Had Hawaii Birth Certificate Created Year After His Birth

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Birth Certificate Created Year After His Birth

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(CBS News) A year ago, a Philadelphia man clicked on a website for missing children, and found a picture of himself. That discovery sent Steve Carter on a search to unlock the secrets of his past.

Carter always knew he was adopted, but when got older, he started to wonder who his biological parents were. That curiosity and a simple web search took him on a journey that would change his life and even now, there are parts of his story that remain a mystery.

While he's always been happy with his adoptive parents, something never felt quite right. Carter knew he was adopted from a Hawaiian orphanage when he was 4. But his birth certificate was created almost a year after his birth and he was labeled half-native Hawaiian. ...

... Carter called Honolulu Police and the department set up a DNA test. Nearly a year later, it was proven. Marx Panama Barnes is Steve Carter. ...

... Carter has to try to consolidate all of the people he was over the past 34 years. He two birthdays, three birth certificates and 10 names in all.

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