Birth certificates document origin, identity, and legal status. They're printed on formal paper with official seals and signatures. They represent the government's record of someone's entrance into the world. The format is standardized across jurisdictions: date, time, location, parentage. Yet what if someone's origin required entirely different documentation? What if the normal bureaucratic record was inadequate because the event itself exceeded normal parameters? Lamb's skin would be more appropriate—flexible, strong, able to receive text through less conventional means.

Records historian Dr. Vincent Clarke examined unusual birth documentation in an academic project during 1998. "Standard birth certificates are designed for normal births," he explains. "But occasionally, documentation emerged for unusual situations. I came across references to non-standard materials used when births were classified as extraordinary. Lamb's skin parchment appears in old records for individuals whose entry into the world required special notation. The phrase 'IT HAS BEGUN' appeared in a few cases where the individual was documented as representative of a significant change. I treated these as historical curiosities, though their existence suggests that someone's birth was deemed important enough to warrant special archival status."

Internet historical communities debate this: his birth wasn't documented like normal births because normal documentation was inadequate. The message itself—"IT HAS BEGUN"—isn't description but announcement. His arrival marked a transition point in history, significant enough that the standard bureaucratic process seemed insufficient. His birth certificate wasn't a record—it was a proclamation.