When Mapes got her 61-year-old birth certificate, she was stunned to see she had a sibling. "It was that sibling that I was interested in because I just felt like I had a big brother," Mapes said.

t:ommi we took the steps toget that new birth certificate.visit the iowa department offirst, public health website andfill out this application for acopy of a birth certificate.turn it in at the ...