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This is very common. In Israel, a lot of people immigrated here from e.g. Iraq, and they don't know their birthday. I guess in some cultures birthdays just wer
by edanm 13y ago
This is very common.
In Israel, a lot of people immigrated here from e.g. Iraq, and they don't know their birthday. I guess in some cultures birthdays just weren't remembered (at least in the past, maybe that's changing?).
- yen223 13y agoI'd imagine that turmoil is major factor for the deficiencies in record-keeping. My father's official birthday is a few months after his actual birthday, because he was born right in the middle of the Japanese occupation of our country. Couldn't get a birth certificate until after WW2 had ended.