tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post8948694426015779044..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-66719131032896506032011-04-27T23:00:13.488-05:002011-04-27T23:00:13.488-05:00That story would be easier to buy today than back then when it would have been highly likely only one doc was in the room. Dr. West recalled a lot of details according to Nelson that really stuck in his mind as if he had hands-on involvement in the child&#39;s delivery. The name would have stuck in the mind of the doc who signed the birth certificate more than someone who was simply supervising other docs in delivery.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-68371380197660465092011-04-27T22:20:53.096-05:002011-04-27T22:20:53.096-05:00Well, this is just speculation, but what about this so-called story is not?<br /><br />Doing the math, Dr. S was 39 in 1961 and Dr. W was 51. Since Dr. S had been a pilot in the war and then went to college (4 years) and then went to med school (4 years) and then did his residency (2 years) and then (presumably) may have done even more study to specialize as an OB, and then moved to Hawaii in 1961, (may have even become an OB in order to go to Hawaii, he could have been still under supervision (of Dr. West, the attending OB) in the delivery room. He would have signed the cert, but Dr. W would still have been very involved in the event and privy to details like the baby&#39;s name, etc.<br /><br />My mother&#39;s birth certificate story is stranger than this one and no one gave her any grief over it.interestedpartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03135377256153538514noreply@blogger.com