I had to get a recent copy of my birth certificate a few years ago. All I had was a photo of a photo negative and that's all I had for most of my life.

So I sent away to the state where I was born, sent them $25, told them where I THOUGHT my records might have been originally, because the hospital where I was born was torn down, and 6 weeks later I had an official birth certificate with the state seal. I included a copy of a photo ID and my then current address.

If those folks sent you a COPY of your birth certificate via email, you can print it out and send it to the state where you were born along with a copy of your driver's license.

CALL the State offices first to find out if they need anything else, to avoid frustration.

Gather as much info as you can about yourself obviously you have your dob, your name (although that doesn't seem to help) what about your place of birth? Anything else you can get? Try searching the net, your birth must be registered, is there a US (I'm guessing that's where you are) government site for births, deaths, marriages. Sometimes you have to do other people's jobs for them if you want a result.

Have you done any footwork? Meaning become the investigator with boots on ground. Do you remember where these foster homes are where you lived? You can go to them directly for your search.
Good luck to you. I hope you get that for which you are searching.

How do they not know who you are???

You'll know your placements, so, all they need to do is take some of that data... cross reference it for a boy of the same name and date of birth as you and see what comes out.

Of course, it's possible that your name and date of birth could have been changed and you not remember because you were too young or traumatised to recall it, but it should still be in their records if they ever did their jobs.

Iam going thru the same thing since I moved states. I can’t even get a state ID ecause they can’t prove who I am. There is a ton of things that they require to get it. 😧

Can u contact the foster families? If you have their names. Or yes you will need a social worker to assist you. Further depending what state you live in the vocational services department might be able to assist. Do you know any details? Did you attend k-12 school of any kind? Those schools should have some record of you.

Thanks everyone for your responses, storm knocked out my internet so I'm late responding.

Can they trust a driver license?

Probably over the phone isn't the best, and it's possible she misspelled it.

I wonder if they could look up by birthday

I am so sorry Brother.

Usually the hospital you were born at has a birth certificate and\or the town\city hall of the place you were born. Try that.

Do you the city you were born in? The hospital in which you were born will have your birth certificate on file or maybe the city\town hall. Try to determine the hospital where you were born and go from there

Don't give up, it exists somewhere, and you Definitely exist🌻

I am so sorry ☹ You definitely don't deserve this. Don't you have a case manager? Maybe talk to that person.

I wonder would the police be able to locate it?