I don't believe heritage affects where one is from, if you take my meaning.
A person inherits that property that their parents owned.
And that property always goes down the line, oh so broken. Always transferred, and always intact?
I really should hope not. I don’t have enough room for all my stuff plus all my dad’s stuff plus all my granddad’s stuff, plus all my great-granddad’s stuff, plus all my great-great-granddad’s stuff, plus…
Clearly, our ancestors did not own this land. By right of discovery and first colonisation, the Indigenous population did. Our claims to fee simple are always based on the alleged right of conquest, a right that does not exist. Therefore, 100% of this land is owned by the descendants of the owners.
My distant ancestors came from Norway and Germany. I have never been to Norway or Germany. I’ve only ever seen those countries in photographs and film. Hell, I count myself lucky when I can get out of Wisconsin, and I live on a border town!
My mother was born in Michigan. So that’s closer than Norway and Germany. But other than that, my connection to Michigan is no stronger than any place in Europe.
I really don’t see what any of those places have to do with me just because someone I may happen to share a few stray chromosomes with happened to eat and sleep on some farmstead there.