Did We Choose Our Parents Prior to Birth?

Is it possible that by some divine design we chose our parents prior to our birth?
If you think about the influence your parents... and your lineage ... has on who you have become, then this is not only possible, but probable.
It makes one wonder, "What would I be like if I had different parents?"
When I was young a local grocer's store fascinated me. His store was full of interesting smells, colorful bottles, and displays. But most of all I was attracted to his antique cash register. How often I would fantasize that if this handsome man had been my father, I could work in this wonderful store.
But the girl who worked in that store, could not have been me, for the father equation would have changed. She would be similar to me, in the traits that I inherited from my mother; but the father's equation would have totally changed.
So why did you choose your parents? What about your lineage?
Just think that if one ancestor had changed, that would have affected the traits and personalities of all of his or her descendents.
Would George Washington have led a nation to freedom and become its first president with different parentage?
Would Alex Haley have written the best-selling "Roots" with different lineage?
We are on the leading edge of where our parents came from; and our children are born from our leading edge.
What traits could have influenced your child to pick you as his parent? After all, it's easy to sit back and analyze our parents and say - this was a good trait, this was not acceptable behavior - but self examination from our own child's perspective may give new insight to our own nature.
By looking at our lineage in this way, we shed a new light on whom we are and where we came from. This introspection can lead the way towards enlightenment and empowerment.