Nitpick: You can hide that fact when its inconvenient. I've found it rarely even comes up, unless you're talking about family with coworkers or something, and

Nitpick: You can hide that fact when its inconvenient. I've found it rarely even comes up, unless you're talking about family with coworkers or something, and by that point you're probably already hired/funded/'in' and will have already overcome any potential stereotypes that someone might otherwise have had about you.