Defined by where we come from?

I think that other people define us by where we come from. We see what we want to see and nothing else. In the book Jeannette didn't see herself as the daughter of the town drunk who was going nowhere in life, but the man who gave them a ride home did and so did the other inhabitants of Welch. People see where we come from and they judge and define. I think it depends because people have to know where you come from in order to define you, what they see is what they define you by.