[(Title)]Migrants falsely claim they're father and daughter, present fake birth certificate, officials say

Border Patrol agents in Texas uncovered a man and woman’s alleged effort to portray themselves as father and daughter with the help of a fake birth certificate, officials said Wednesday.

德州边防巡逻人员星期三说，一名男子和一名女性试图伪造出生证明，假装父女，其行为被揭穿。

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Officials said the man, who is from Honduras, claimed that the woman he was with was his 17-year-old daughter.

有关官员说，这名男子来自洪都拉斯，声称那个女人是他17岁的女儿。

However, the woman confessed in an interview that the birth certificate wasn’t real and she wasn’t actually related to the man, the news release said.

不过，该新闻报道说，这名妇女在接受采访时承认，出生证明并不真实，而且与男子没有亲戚关系。

The woman is actually 18 years old, officials said, adding that she gave agents her real name and birthday.

官员们表示，这名妇女实际上年满18岁，她还补充说，她给了移民局自己的真实姓名和生日。

They also said she claimed  “to be a friend of the male subject.”

他们还说，她声称“那个男人的朋友”。