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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just asked about my kid’s ancestry after they inquired about where he was born.

Kid was born in the US (so was I snd so was my husband).

All of us have very American names, do not speak with an accent, and do not appear to be anything other than American.

I know why your obgyn asks about ethnicity, but I have no idea why they would specifically inquire about ethnicity at the ER when you are there for a sports injury requiring an X-ray.

Any thoughts? [/quote]

What exactly is an “American” name?

Are you embarrassed to share your heritage?

One of my family members was mis-diagnosed because the clinicians did not understand that persons of color  have different results to certain diagnostic tests.

Genetic background, like sex, absolutely matters in many medical contexts.[/quote]

The first question was where were you born. That has absolutely nothing to do with ethnicity. Quite frankly, neither does ancestry.

They didn’t ask if we were Caucasian…because that was abundantly apparent.

It’s new, and it’s inappropriate. [/quote]
Where you were born could impact your health, like  if your family is from a country known to have a lot of TB cases. You could've been exposed as a child.[/quote]

It’s a brand new question.

And it would be very surprising for Jennifer Smith or John Jones to have been born in a country where TB is a concern.

Regardless, when all you need is an X-ray for a suspected broken bone, there’s no need to know where I was born.

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