How does someone not related to you get on a birth certificate?

Well, my friend's birth certificate has her apparent "adopted mom" on her birth certificate. She doesn't know why because she isn't her real mother as far as she knows.

So how could she get on the birth certificate?How does someone not related to you get on a birth certificate?
It's routine in an adoption for a new birth certificate to be issued with the names of the adoptive parents.
When you are legally adopted you get a new birth certificate with your adoptive parents names on it.



My children were adopted by their stepfather, and their new birth certificates reflected the change, even though they were 12 and 8 at the time, and knew their biological father.How does someone not related to you get on a birth certificate?
That was done to protect the identity of the biological mother who placed the baby up for adoption.How does someone not related to you get on a birth certificate?
When a child is adopted a new birth certificate is issued with the adoptive parents names on it.
She's probably her real mother

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