I never understood her preoccupation with heredity. Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was.
– Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 13. Scout mocks Aunt Alexandra’s snobbish attitudes about family bloodlines making people high class, and that if a family had deep roots in an area it meant they were important. Scout believes what you do with your life is what makes you a fine person.