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Author: Astaroth

Nov 28th 2016 at 9:40:51 AM

Compare HidingTheHandicap, for when a character wants to hide a disability rather than their ancestry.

* [[BigBad Lord Voldemort]] in ''Literature/HarryPotter'', who tried to cover up the fact his father was a muggle because pureblood supremacy was one of the causes he could use to rally his servants around him. The only one of his servants who seems to be aware of it is [[spoiler:Barty Crouch Jr]], who admits to feeling sympathy for Voldemort because "we both had disappointing fathers."

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed3'', Achilles worries that his protege, Ratonhnhake;ton, won't be accepted amongst the American colonists if they know that he's half-English, half-Native american, so he gives him a new name, Connor, and tells him to pass himself off as a Spaniard if anyone questions his heritage.

* Inverted in ''Videogame/{{Arcanum}}'' by Gar, a human who, by a freak accident of birth, has the appearance of a full-blooded orc. He keeps his human heritage secret because his own existence brings shame in his family (orcs being frequent victims of FantasticRacism) and because the freakshow act he performs in needs the customers to believe he's an orc in order to be a success.