MTF or FTM: What state were you born in?

[Joules]

Los Alamos, New Mexico here!

Nice Jill!  Now all we need are some folks from Oak Ridge and Hanford, we got a theory!  FWIW, My Dad was on the first US ship (medical) into the harbor at Nagasaki, 7 years before I was conceived.

[Xhianil]

So far, yep.  That makes you a leader!  Is there a reason you might expect more of your fellow New Mexicans here?

Albaqeruqe (i know, i am bad at spelling) and Santa Fe are pretty accepting areas from what I've seen (lived in albaqeruqe 2 1/2 years).

[Joules]

I was born in the state of wet, crying and very, very young... (k, this is a bump  )

[Sydney_NYC]

Born in Knoxville, TN

They will not change gender marker on Birth Certificate and name change will have old name crossed out with new name 

I was almost born in Germany my father was stationed there when I was born. My mother wanted to wait till I was born before moving there for several years. I never grew up in TN and didn't live there until I was 18 till 28 when when to college there and later worked at a software company there. I grew up in Germany, NC, NJ and NY. I currently live in NJ so getting driver's license marker is relatively pain free compared to TN. Name change is easy to get, but the state recommends using a lawyer.

[Joules]

Born in Knoxville, TN

They will not change gender marker on Birth Certificate and name change will have old name crossed out with new name 

I was almost born in Germany my father was stationed there when I was born. My mother wanted to wait till I was born before moving there for several years. I never grew up in TN and didn't live there until I was 18 till 28 when when to college there and later worked at a software company there. I grew up in Germany, NC, NJ and NY. I currently live in NJ so getting driver's license marker is relatively pain free compared to TN. Name change is easy to get, but the state recommends using a lawyer.

Hi Sydney,

We have the same birthday, July 21!  (Mine was a few years before yours but still...)

I've checked into Okla regs on birth cert. change, they require proof of SRS, so that may be a while for me yet.  Oregon (where I currently live) is just now relaxing some of their requirements on various changes, maybe there's hope that Tenn and Okla won't be far behind.  I got my very first DL in NJ, I couldn't do it until I turned 17.  That year from 16 to 17 seemed so very long.  Looking back, I'd gladly wait it out again if I could go back with all I know now!

Welcome to Susan's, thanks for participating in the poll.  See you around the site, feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

[Violet Bloom]

Well I was born in a province - I think I'm going to start my own poll so I don't feel left out!

[Joules]

Well I was born in a province - I think I'm going to start my own poll so I don't feel left out!

Lucy, I've tried to hesplain this:

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,154945.msg1299225.html#msg1299225

My idea is only to get a trend (or not) based on a sample that has some constraints, in order to limit the possible influence of other factors.  IF there seems to be a trend, I'll make another all-inclusive poll for the entire planet.  Not sure what to do for geographic limits, or if the poll feature here will allow that many entries.  Of course, there will always be those from other planets, saying "What about us?".  Sigh...

[aleon515]

So far, yep.  That makes you a leader!  Is there a reason you might expect more of your fellow New Mexicans here?

I live in Albuquerque, but I only moved here 10 years ago. I wasn't born here.
I LOVE New Mexico, and I think ABQ is pretty good place to transition.

Oops, I attributed this wrong. Oh well...
 
--Jay

[Violet Bloom]

Lucy, I've tried to hesplain this:

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,154945.msg1299225.html#msg1299225

My idea is only to get a trend (or not) based on a sample that has some constraints, in order to limit the possible influence of other factors.  IF there seems to be a trend, I'll make another all-inclusive poll for the entire planet.  Not sure what to do for geographic limits, or if the poll feature here will allow that many entries.  Of course, there will always be those from other planets, saying "What about us?".  Sigh...

  I was both joking and serious at the same time.  I'll start a Canadian poll to look for trends north of the border.

[Sydney_NYC]

  That year from 16 to 17 seemed so very long.  Looking back, I'd gladly wait it out again if I could go back with all I know now!

I was 15 when I moved from Charlotte, NC to Bergen County, NJ and was upset that I had to wait an additional year since NJ the minimum driving age is 17 instead of 16 in most states. 2 months before I turned 16 we moved to Orange County, NY (about 48 miles NW of Manhattan) where the minimum driving age was 16 (except for the Boroughs of NYC it's 18). I was happy about that. Ironically I could drive in NJ at 16 with a NY State license (the had some sort of agreement between the states), but I could not drive in NYC. So my first driver's license was in NY, 2nd in TN, and 3rd in NJ.

[Shodan]

born and live in the great state of Oregon (Go Ducks!).  In January, we will be able to get our b/c changed without having SRS, just a letter.

Boo! Go Beavs! Despite spending most of my time in Oregon, I was actually born in Dayton Ohio.

[Jessica Merriman]

Los Alamos, New Mexico here!

Radiation causes it. I knew it! Just kidding Jill. 

[Rachel]

Born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA. 

[Violet Bloom]

So what's the word - Did we conclude anything yet?

[Joules]

So what's the word - Did we conclude anything yet?

Sigh, my statistics professor would die laughing if I tried to draw any conclusions based on the numbers so far.  I'm afraid that it might be years before there are enough responses to be of much use.  I noticed that your Canadian poll has a very strong trend, or did last I looked.  I don't know enough of Canadian geography, territory sizes or population distribution to say for sure though.

[Violet Bloom]

  I actually found it a bit reassuring that the US distribution was so even, despite the sample size.  It's the Canadian results that have me perplexed.  The massively disproportionate Ontario population base may be responsible for what we're seeing.  I would have expected to see more in BC and Quebec though.  One of the most active members in the past from Quebec seems to have vanished.

[Joules]

Yet another bump...

[MadeleineG]

perhaps it's time to start a haplogroup poll? 

[Joules]

perhaps it's time to start a haplogroup poll? 

That's a curious suggestion, I googled haplogroup and still don't get it.   

By the rolling eyes smiley icon, methinks ye might be funnin' with me Gwynne!

[MadeleineG]

That's a curious suggestion, I googled haplogroup and still don't get it.   

mtDNA population subgroups

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup

The rolley eyes are because, in practice, very few people would know their haplotype.

Sorry for being obscure