Subject: Re: Who died and Donna's birth certificate
From: rhaller@oregon.uoregon.edu (Rich Haller)
Date: 1992-06-02, 15:31
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <13657@umd5.umd.edu>, jblum@lucy.umd.edu (Jon Blum) writes:
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> > Here's an easy one.  Will and Eileen Hayward were separated at the time of
> > Donna's birth.  She was legally married, hence using her married name, but
> > she didn't want this man who'd left her to be recorded on her daughter's
> > birth certificate.

Sorry, Jon. The main point is that the line on the certificate was labeled
'Mothers Maiden Name'. There is no reason for her not to fill that in
correctly, regardless of how she feels about either her husband or the
baby's father.  Personally, I think someone simply goofed. The point they
were interested in making was that the father's name was not filled in. 
Whoever made up the prop, probably just wasn't paying attention.

Anyone got a copy of their birth certificate handy? Check and see if that
sort of line (mother's maiden name) is on it, and if there is also a line
for the mother's legal name.

-Rich