<p>ankscript: I don’t want to be indelicate but even if we put aside the “Is Portuguese considered Hispanic” for now, being your family is from India and Portuguese explorers did have interaction many centuries ago – how “close” is your Portuguese heritage? Are you telling us you’ve come to the US and embraced fellow Portuguese people?</p>
<p>I had several classmates of pure Portuguese heritage at my Ivy alma mater. They did not consider themselves Hispanic whatsoever.</p>