[Sybeck1]

So he's Hispanic, but doesn't go by a Spanish name?

[Rogle]

His father is Caucasian and his mother is a Mexican National. BTW his mother was a big donator in his first Congressional run.

[CedarDave]

Richardson was born in Pasadena, California. His mother, Maria Luisa Lopez-Collada, was Mexican. His father was a native of Boston, who worked for Citibank as an executive in Mexico. He was raised in Mexico City, but as a teenager attended a Boston-area high school. Richardson played baseball in high school and was fine pitcher. He was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics but did not pursue baseball professionally.

He went on to Tufts University, where he majored in French and Political Science. He then added a master's degree from Tufts Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy . He met his wife, Barbara Flavin , in Boston.

[CedarDave]

He's as Hispanic as George P. Bush, son of Jeb Bush, is.