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"My junior high English teacher (or the sum total of things I have eaten, for that matter) have more to do with what I am."
That seems empirically pretty dubious, if we're talking about shaping your personality, abilities, life-projects, your mother, etc.
1) How much is your "choice" not to attribute signifiance or meaning to the heritage you share with your grandfather determined by the fact that you didn't know him, as opposed to your desire (I'm assuming) to define yourself without reference to the ancestral? You might be more inclined to say you share things in common had you had a relationship with him (although empirically, as mentioned above, the amount of his natural endownment that is yours would be the same in both instances).
2) The average defensive tackle for the Michigan Wolverines today weighs 296 pounds. I hope you like creatine.