I'm not Cuban

Not that there's anything wrong with that. I wouldn't mind being Cuban if I were. But I'm not.

I've just been made aware that some people have assumed from my photo that I'm dark-haired and complected. One MD personality specified a suspicion of Cuban ancestry.

In fact, I am of Irish, German and Swedish extraction. And a little French that I don't often admit to. In short, you don't get a lot whiter than me without having worn an an Aryan Youth badge, or living in Scandinavia. (Okay, that wasn't actually shorter than the sentence before it.)

I've uploaded new photos to show this, but they've not yet been approved. Stay tuned. Brace yourselves for disappointment; I actually look pretty geeky in these pics.