Take a deep breath and consider. Why do you hate it? Were you told to? Were you given a list of the things you are supposed to have been responsible for and then told that you are therefor responsible to assist in someone else's life and happiness now because of what some ancestors did? Total bollocks. Most heritages have great successes that can be remembered and great failures that can be learned from. Don't walk away from history, embrace it. That is the secret to happy and healthy living. If your heritage is something to be proud of, educate yourself and carry on the traditions that are excellent whatever they may be. If your heritage made mistakes and you are ashamed, pick yourself up, use that as a guide to how not to love your life and make a new heritage to be proud of for your offspring and their generations to come that they can look back and be proud of. Either way you are here and now. Live like it and make yourself proud.