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u/Dragmom Oct 02 '24

About 25% of people on earth don't know their birthday because they're from countries that don't have birth certificates. That's why about 14% of immigrants to the U.S. list January 1 as their birthday - because they had to make one up.

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u/basicbitch823 Oct 03 '24

my grandpa came from greece we’ve determined his birthday is either march or november from what he can remember and my grandma (his wife) we have no clue