I am a Christian, but if I weren't, I think I'd join one of those ancestors=gods religions.
Most of my traits come from my parents, grandparents and so forth. I love to read and garden. My mom loves those things. She learned to love reading from her mother and she from her mother. Who can tell how far back that trend goes. The other day I wanted to take a red pen to a sign that read, "So who do I do the work for?" Really. No one could proof read before posting it all over town? The grammar thing comes from my Grandpa. I especially like the Make it do line in the Depression Era adage:
Use it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or do without.
I think that comes from a lot of my progenitors, but specifically from my dad's father--whom I never met, his having passed away before I was born--because Grandpa Gene passed down his resourcefulness to my dad.
What else? How about my eye for color, my messy house, my joy in mothering, my back-talking, my freckles, my love of lightening storms and my thirst for knowledge? All from my parents and grandparents. Some of it is genetic, some of it is taught, but I am so thankful for what they each contributed.
What religion would you choose, if you weren't so sure that yours was true?