I don't care much for swing or jazz either, leeneia. Still, it was the music of Chongo's youth, and that sort of thing tends to resonate with a person for the rest of their life, so I can understand why he likes it so much.

He isn't normally all that interested in folk music, but I did get him to go to a couple of folk festivals, and he liked it...so I think he has an open mind about that.

A birth certificate may be impossible to locate, given the fact that Chongo was born to a roving chimpanzee band in the deep forest, and they kept no written records of anything.

Still....that doesn't mean the piece of paper can't be created after the fact! Sounds like a plan. We'll have to find out where the American embassy was located in Chongo's land of birth back then, do a little creative writing, and Bob's your uncle. Thanks for the suggestion, Jay. Brilliant!