Is it normal people constantly ask about my ethnicity?

It's just curiosity. You must have a unique look about you that peaks people's interest. I wouldn't take it to heart, just say what you are, then ask what they are back :)

I'm half Maltese and I get asked a bit. I don't mind, its a good conversation starter

that's pretty cool

Im a 22 year old female and im German, Dutch, Brazillian, Danish, Irish, English, Native American... I get asked my ethnicity mulitple times a week. Most people think im some kind of italian/Latin mix. I think its a natural attribute for being so mixed, but I dont hear other people get asked even a small fraction of them amount I get asked.

I'm descended from interracial heritages as well, and this question was asked of me every single day at least one time when I was younger, especially by older people or adults, who were fascinated to see an interracial child/teenager. After age 20 or so, people chilled a little more. They still asked, and tried being subtle about it (What's your last name? Where are you from/were you born? What's your nationality? What's your background?") Sometimes I let them suffer for a second or two, but I always tell them because I think it takes a lot of courage to ask someone this question. It's true, what the very first comment said, people are just curious about your unique look. I always got, "Oh wow, well it's a beautiful mix," after I told them. That's not a bad payoff, so I don't mind at all. I'm fortunate it's never been a negative experience.

Your post kind of surprised me because these days I find there's a lot more acceptance and the world has changed so that hardly anyone asks, ever, because so many more people are of interracial heritage. The reduction of it being an odd thing and the increase of it being normal or no big deal really warms my heart, having seen the conditions of the past, and makes me happy the world is very slowly but surely turning in a direction of acceptance.

I was born and raised in California (dude). So many people think I sound like I'm from the south like Texas. I guess I'm a little lazy with my speech. On top of that some say I sound like Sheldon on that awful show, because I am "smart". But really they are accusing me of being lazy and gay. And that is pretty much the truth.

Don't kid yourself, when lighter skinned people ask darker skinned (or darker feature) people their ethnicity, part of it is simple curiosity and part of it is them insulting you for being such a mixed mutt. That hurts but it is the truth.

I've been accused of having a bit of an exotic look.

There's nothing wrong with being asked/asking someone about their ethnicity. 99% of the time they are interested in you. I occasionally get asked about my ethnicity. I was born in England, think I look totally English, totally consider myself English but I do get a few people proclaiming I'm not English. Even got told off a drunk customer once that I should go back 'home'. Pretty funny.

so every minute of every day someone asks you about your ethnicity?

woah that must cause you major head pains.

I think its partly due to curiosity. For some reason, I've always been almost sensitive and bothered when I've been asked. Almost as if I was being put on the spot or if people were trying to weed out something wrong with me. Its something I dread to be ask, but lately people don't really ask me. I know when I was a kid that I would get so pissed off if people just assume that I was a certain ethnicity and would angrily correct them. I think part of my sense of dread is because I've never really been fully comfortable with at least one of the ethnicities in me, a fact that was worsened because of my family. However, I think my reaction would depend on who it was that asked and how well I knew the person.

I'm often asked about my race. I'm black but because I am light skinned I'm often assumed to be mixed white, Cuban, Puerto Rican, mixed with many races, and the most common mixed with Asian and even sometimes full Philipino.

well im a 6'3 half Asian, and I get tons out people asking me what I am