I didn't read all these pages, but have something different to add to the mix:
I went to get my real ID and thought I had all the documents, birth certificate, sscard, 2 forms of ID such as electric bill, car insurance bill.
BUT, I found out that my "birth certificate" was not a birth certificate!!!! It says on top, " Certificate of Birth". I am 69 y/o and I have the BC that my mother gave to me long ago, or so I thought! It doesn't have the names of my mother and father at all on it! I honestly never looked at it closely when I got it, other than reading the title of Certificate of Birth. This is from Ohio. Now, I have to wait for the Ohio health department to send me an expensive copy of my BC and hope I get it before we travel this Spring!!!! I also really need it before my license expires in December this year, so really before Spring. All I can do is hope it gets here before mid December, or I was informed my DL would not be accepted anywhere as proof of ID.
So, a heads up to others who have to do this confusing process.