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"Elton John and his husband David Furnish are the epitome of a modern family.\r\nThe two, who were married in a civil ceremony in 2005, welcomed their second son, Elijah Joseph Daniel, via a surrogate on January 11 and gave the little bundle of joy the last name of Furnish-John. Unfortunately for the couple &amp;#x2013; and other same-sex couples just like them &amp;#x2013; the government has yet to fully catch up to what is considered &amp;#x201C;the new normal&amp;#x201D; and birth certificates still only allow for there to be one mother and one father ... not two dads.\r\nSo just like they did with first son, Zachary, the &amp;#x201C;Piano Man&amp;#x201D; singer is listed as little Elijah&amp;#x2019;s father &amp;#x2026; and Furnish is listed as mother. So does that mean John, 65, is the boy&amp;#x2019;s true biological father? He and Furnish have yet to say, but the birth certificate&amp;#x2019;s information could simply be a formality.\r\n&amp;#x201C;If one partner is already named the father, then the birth certificate may only allow for the other parent to be designated as the &amp;#x2018;mother,&amp;#x2019; and so yes &amp;#x2013; the other partner may be listed as the &amp;#x2018;mother,&amp;#x2019;&amp;#x201D; Los Angeles-based family law attorney Marlo Van Oorschot tells omg!. &amp;#x201C;What is crucial to understand is that the birth certificate is not the legally operative document in every case.&amp;#x201D;\r\nIn layman&amp;#x2019;s terms: It means absolutely nothing that Furnish is listed as Elijah&amp;#x2019;s &amp;#x201C;mother&amp;#x201D; on his birth certificate!\r\nMore Celebrity Features on Yahoo!:\r\nMichelle Obama Debuts Bangin&amp;apos; New &amp;apos;Do on Her Birthday\r\nMichael J. Fox Tells Taylor Swift to &amp;apos;Back Off&amp;apos; His Son\r\nIs Britney Spears Headed to the Las Vegas Stage?\r\nFollow omg! on Twitter"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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