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How do you ask? How about where are you ancesters from?[/quote]
If it doesn't come up in conversation, i.e. the other person doesn't comment or offer the information of where their heritage is from, you don't ask.  Consider race along with politics and religion as topics that you don't ask about, unless it comes up in conversation.  If they're willing to talk about it, it will usually come out in conversation.  You don't get to assuage your curiosity by being rude.[/quote]

I was born in the US to parents born in China who grew up in Hong Kong. I get asked frequently "where are you from." I generally say "California". If I do, the asker should roll with that. I know what you really want to know, I'm not stupid, but you should judge from my answer that I don't want to go there. I'm not offended by the initial question or your response to my answer, but if someone went on and on and on like what happened to OP, it would be irritating and uncomfortable.

Question for OP: would you have been similarly annoyed if the asker was Asian?[/quote]

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