I have one of the most common Hispanic last names. People are always asking me if I speak Spanish. I don't, and I dread the next question, which is "Why not". It's because my father's parents moved to Brooklyn from Mexico in the early 1920's and didn't have a Hispanic neighborhood to live in, so they didn't speak Spanish much at home and my father never spoke it and my mother was Scottish and German so I never learned Spanish.

Another annoying question: "How come someone (meaning me) named Garcia plays bluegrass?
My answer" it's not bluegrass, it's Old Time Country." and I leave it at that. I bet no one ever asked Jerry Garcia why he played American music.