But why shouldn't she be coded as white for the Hispanic part of her heritage at least, if it's just a grandfather born in Spain? (Leaving the Cherokee part aside for a moment). For all we know "Cordelia's" relatives in Spain lived an upper-middle-class white lifestyle (since they'd probably be coded as white there), and then her grandfather moved to the US for business which her mother or father or whatever continued, providing that life for Cordy....

IDK, all these categories are so complicated...O_o