Correct. What you have mentioned is a concept called corruption of blood, and in America we don't believe in that. The sins of a family member do not reflect negatively upon another individual in that family.
It's a very important distinction between American culture and others, some of which do perpetuate such absurdities...
Spot on, Sargon. The sins of the father do not rest on the innocent son. And that presumes there were sins on this father, which is not a given.