<p>Sosomenza, you are right on point. There are so many students and their families researching their backgrounds to try and find any hint of Hispanic blood possible. I know of a family through marriage attempting this right now. A great grandmother of German descent left Germany and traveled to Peru and had a child then moved to the US. The stay in Peru was very brief(couple of years). They are trying to claim Hispanic ethnicity because of the birth of that ancestor in Peru. Meanwhile the family has no traditions associated with the Hispanic culture. Their culture is purely German. </p>
<p>Meanwhile the wife of this family had the nerve to tell me many years ago I could not check off white when I filled out an employment application because I was Hispanic. Back in the day Hispanics were not considered White. Funny how things change.</p>