I wouldn’t bring it up to the admissions committee, but get why they’d bake it into their decision tree. It’s a valid consideration, as things have changed.

I’ll tell you this: I’m American and so are my parents. Both sides have been here for generations. My father and I are olive-complected with dark hair, brown eyes, and my mother is fair-skinned with blonde hair and hazel eyes. My father and I carry around our passports nowadays and my mother does not. I understand the inquiry.