A: Personal achievement was valued more than family heritage.
Explanation:
The author means, by this statement, that he is pleased to learn that what was taken into consideration was the man's worth, his effort, and what he succeeded in doing, and not his father's accomplishments. <em>Everybody likes to</em> <em>enjoy the heritage, but the glory belongs the ancestors </em>. In this case, the credit is being given to the man.
