You're right, but IMHO it makes no sense starting a new topic/continuing this dialog (I hope, it means what I thinkBillG wrote: Starting a new thread would be a good idea, since this discussion has little or nothing to do with your original post.
If you have only just discovered that the vm emulates a wired Ethernet NIC, you have a fair way to go in understanding how this all works!
I've tried today: using ethernet device to bridged interface, the VM receives all packets with its own MAC addres, while the bridge with wlan receives the wifi adapter's MAC in packets, as target.
I don't know why, but AFAIK, it can't be changed, so I gave it up.