Time for a driver card sized picture birth certificate; requiring regular updates to the picture and identifing characteristics; cross checked to a DNA repository. and a passport upgrade avaliable at little charge. A national ID card.

Indeed! In European countries where national ID cares are required, no one seems to mind (in my experience of discussing this while over there). It's as normal for them as getting a social security card is here (which nowadays are obtained for babies, rather than waiting until the kid is ready to go to work, as it used to be).