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Are baby's "footprints" on birth certificate used for official ID?

Asked by kelly (1926points) September 12th, 2011

News of switched babies in hospital, kidnapping, etc; are the ink footprints on birth record used for positive ID or is that method obsolete? I think footprints are like finger prints, unique to one person, but are they?

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