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I like ancestry feats as a separate category of feats that doesn't interfere with other feat progression on a conceptual level, because as we all remember, in 1e, many races would get race-specific feats but these were rarely, if ever, worth taking in lieu of more generally useful feats.
So having a separate category of feats specifically for that is something I like.
Where I think it's going wrong is two many of the presented ancestry feats are just things that the 1e races got as part of the race right out of the box when that is unncessary. I mean, I can see it for some of the more absurdly powerful races from 1e such as munavri but I don't know that it's necessary with dwarves & half-orcs.
Ancestry feats should be reserved for things that were race specific feats or race traits(as opposed to racial traits, that language always was confusing), and maybe some of the more powerful, trade out two things for one, alternate racial traits from 1e instead of the standard, out the box stuff.
I'm sure this is by no means a unique hot take, just felt like throwing it out there.