um, *Macquarie

Hey, don't dox me, but I went to Macquarie University!

Regarding lineage, I think that lineage is the continuity of spiritual connection through time. A material basis being the genetic inheritance, but the spiritual (aka emotional, mental, and other) dimensions also attaching.

As such, virtue is often carried on and inherited, as is crime or vice.

However, these are not the only factor, and as our original lineage is from God, we are capable of affecting and influencing our direction and actions despite what we inherit from our forebears.

In other words, lineage is part of who we are, but alone it is not determinate. Our free will exists, God has provided a lot of information for us through history and scripture(s), that can assist us in moving things ever in the right direction.

completely uninfluemced

To wit, you may have been influenced, but completely unconsciously so. Imu, our forebears play a greater role in our lives than we know, essentially because for most of us, our spiritual senses (ability to perceive spiritual reality) is often extremely limited.

The very real and critical dynamic between the spiritual and physical realms is pretty much the last, great realm of knowledge that is still to be grasped clearly by humanity as a whole.

im Descended from scottish royalty

I won't hold that against you! I myself am descended from Scottish commoners!