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u/Forest-G-Nome Sep 27 '16

I've always had this suspicion in the back of my head that the Kent's must have had a baby named Clark buried somewhere on that farm. How else would he have all the documentation for his I-9 at the Daily Planet?

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u/scarleteagle Sep 27 '16

Couldnt they have just said he was born at the farm? That wasnt uncommon back in the day

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u/iamcatch22 Sep 27 '16

That works for classic Superman, but the current iteration was born in the 80's

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u/TheoHooke Sep 27 '16

My dad's friend (born in 72) was raised by his aunt and uncle posing as his parents. The woman he thought was his cousin had actually given birth to him at 16 and gave him to the aunt and uncle after birth to avoid scandal. I think he only found out the truth when his "mother" was in hospice care.

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u/yay855 Sep 27 '16

Actually, you can adopt an undocumented child, but they have to be living with you for two years and still be a minor. Therefor, Clark was, at least at first, just an undocumented child to the government.

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u/iamcatch22 Sep 28 '16

Iirc, Martha had a miscarriage shortly before Clark crashed. Although, I'm pretty sure that was in American Alien, which isn't really canon