Migrants from war torn countries unfortunately. In some communities there’s a lot of people with birthdays on Jan 1st, because they don’t know their birthdates. Quite common for Sudanese refugees (places with child soldiers or where family/parent based killing happened).
People still don’t record accurate birthdays here. A registrar goes to a village once every 3-4 months and all the kids born within the previous few months get the same birthday (if registered at all).
And this is a new thing. People older than that from villages have no clue how old they are. Just guess stuff.
Migrants from war torn countries unfortunately. In some communities there’s a lot of people with birthdays on Jan 1st, because they don’t know their birthdates. Quite common for Sudanese refugees (places with child soldiers or where family/parent based killing happened).
It’s tough out there in the world.
People still don’t record accurate birthdays here. A registrar goes to a village once every 3-4 months and all the kids born within the previous few months get the same birthday (if registered at all).
And this is a new thing. People older than that from villages have no clue how old they are. Just guess stuff.