Questionable Birth Certificate, amongst other things...

Forgive me if this is posted in the wrong section, I only just signed up, but I would really like some help with this as Googling for hours has left me clueless. I recently found a copy of my husband's birth certificate. Me and others have been suspicious that he is not his mother's child for many reasons listed below. Not only that but we plan on children soon and I would like to know for the child's right to know their blood, and also if there are any inherited health issues through the birth mother, whoever she is, that I should be concerned about. I also feel like he has the right to know, but if/how to tell him is an entirely other topic. My two main questions: 1. what does it mean if a star is next to a name on a legal document, particularly a birth certificate? I noticed that not only is the certificate incredibly vague but there is a star, not an asterisk, but a small image of an upside-down star next to his mother's name. 2. In what circumstances is the time of birth not listed? The time of birth is missing from his birth certificate, amongst other things. From what I've read in some situations this is required to be considered real certification of birth. I've even looked at multiple state's versions of short-hand birth certificates and they all include time of birth. Keep in mind that this is also the birth certificate that the military accepted and made copies of, so I am to assume that this was the most 'informative version' or 'official version' of certification of his birth that is available. He also has a passport, so I guess this was accepted for that as well. From what I understand of the legal system, whether something is printed in bold, italics, caps, and the font chosen determines a lot of its meaning. So I have listed details of that as well. Here is the entirety of his Certificate of Live Birth typed up: ----- CERTIFICATE OF VITAL RECORD Certificate of Live Birth

Name: (bold, italics, all caps) Birth Date: (bold, italics, no caps) Sex: (bold, italics, no caps) Birth Place: (bold, italics, all caps) Father's name: (bold, italics, caps. full first, middle and last name listed)

Date/Place of Birth/Age: (bold, italics, only state name in caps) Mother's Maiden Name: (bold, italics, caps. full first, middle initial, and full last name listed, then a small image of a star in the upper corner, spaced a ways out from the last name. the star is also upside-down like a pentagram.) Date/Place of Birth/Age: (bold, italics, only state name in caps) Date Filed: (the date filed is only 19 days after his documented birth day, so that is apparently not unusual as mine was just 14 days.) Certificate Number: (10 digit number) (State name in caps, then county name. The rest is not bold, italicized, or in caps. Smaller text and Times New Roman font used.) "The foregoing is a true and accurate copy as recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of __ County, (City, State) Witnessed by my hand of official seal this date of (3 years ago.) (Then a signature of the register who signed the copy.) (Seal of county and state and seal of register of deeds for county.) ----- I understand the short hand and long hand versions of Birth Certificates, but I do not understand this one. I searched countless images of birth certificates from around the time he was born, as well as the state he was born in, and this looks nothing like anything I've found. Although I read that the new birth certificate for adopted children would show no signs of being amended or indicating that the child was adopted by one or more parents, I can't help but wonder if that star was placed to indicate that the mother was the adoptive parent to informed individuals? The birth certificate does not list the time he was born, his weight, height, the hospital he was born in, if it was natural or c-section birth, the nurse/midwife, or doctor. There are also no signatures but the deputy who signed the registered copy, officiating that it is a certified copy of the original. The above information on the certificate is also not listed in a 'table' like one would find on most birth certificates. The font is also not the typical Courier New-esque font that I see in all other legal documents. Everything seems to be typed in Times New Roman except for the title "Certificate of Live Birth" and the listed "Name" "Birth Date" "Sex" etc. which looks like it is in a font like Arial, Verdana, or Tahoma. It really just looks like someone typed this up in word processor and then printed it on the official paper, then signed. *Additional Info On His Family* There is a lot of reasonable suspicion that my husband's mother adopted him and I'm not the only one to say so. We think his dad had him with another woman and that his dad's wife adopted him as his new mum. He is their first born son and there is absolutely no bond between him and his mother, she treats him like a dog and puts his sister on a pedestal, she acts like she resents him and openly calls him 'the problem child' when he is an amazing student hard working and the nicest most responsible person I know, him and his dad are very close, I'm suspicious his dad maybe had him while he was deployed in the military, etc. But first and foremost, he looks absolutely NOTHING like his mother, barely resembles his father (a cleft chin and light brown eyes), he looks nothing like his father's siblings, his only sister, or his mother's relatives. His mother is blonde-haired, blue-eyed and looks Polish. His dad and his whole family are Scotch-Irish and my husband looks at least half middle-eastern. He has thick, black, straight hair and his dad has thin, wavy, brown hair like most Scottish. His mother's hair is also thin, straight, and naturally almost white blonde. His sister has brown hair, pale skin and covered in freckles, and blue eyes. My best friend growing up was a product of a blonde-haired blue-eyed mum and an Iranian father and he looks like he could be her brother. I know that his father is his real birth father because he said he had DNA testing and confirmed that he has an inherited inverted chromosome from his father. I have no idea why he wanted this testing or if it was confirmed or ask to be confirmed if his mother was his biological mother, I find their whole situation odd. When I asked, they say they did not take pictures of him when he was a baby or when he was little. I'm doing a scrapbook and asked for baby photos, or if there was a photo of his mum holding him in the hospital bed and he looked annoying and begrudgingly said he would ask her. I have a hunch that he knows he is/may be adopted. I'm 90% sure if he knew though, that he would have told me. With the relationship we have and being married, it would not make sense knowing his character for him not to tell me that. If anyone can help me determine if for certain or the likelihood that he was adopted, or help me find out more details on what his birth certificate means, I would really appreciate it. :thanks: