According to my mom, her real birthdate is January 11, 1939 BUT her birth certificate was burned along with other birth certificates in the city hall of her province. When she applied for a new one - she applied for it when she was a teenager; she put 1940 as her birth year. So since then, her new birth certificate states january 11, 1940. In fact, all important documents from passport to bank certificates etc. state her "new" birth date as january 11, 1940.
My question is, for purpose of feng shui and computation, shall I use her real birthyear which 1939 OR shall I use her new birthyear which she has been using for several decades now - which is 1940?

1. Definitely, one has to use the most accurate birth date or our "real birthdate". Frankly, after so many years, in this line, I have yet to come across, such an (obvious) question.

2. Frankly, this is very common; especially in the past: Singapore, Malaysia and many other countries. Many elderly said that they were born on such and such a date. But, as they live in rural area, their birth was registered e.g. at a police post a few days or even months.

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Katrina L. wrote:
According to my mom, her real birthdate is January 11, 1939 BUT her birth certificate was burned along with other birth certificates in the city hall of her province. When she applied for a new one - she applied for it when she was a teenager; she put 1940 as her birth year. So since then, her new birth certificate states january 11, 1940. In fact, all important documents from passport to bank certificates etc. state her "new" birth date as january 11, 1940. My question is, for purpose of feng shui and computation, shall I use her real birthyear which 1939 OR shall I use her new birthyear which she has been using for several decades now - which is 1940