How can one be responsible for things that happened before he was born? At the same time, it's certainly possible to be influenced by them, although the direction of that influence is not certain (I'm sure there are as many men who want to be exactly like their fathers as there are men who want to be nothing like them). One might also make the case that genetics influences predilictions, even something as high-level as favoring money over morality; I wouldn't. But the environment in which one is raised is bound to be very influential to the ultimate personality.

Not that you were asking me.