Been there done that. An ancestor of mine that was mentioned by family members, accepted as total truth on family sites, etc. and one I remember my father speaking of when telling me where my last name came from - well, when I finally "looked" at the sources and history, I found his wife would have had to have been 64/65 before having the first of 4/5 children. So, there went a very large portion of my family tree. It still happens, but not like that and not erasing so much. I didn't think I'd ever clean up that branch of my Adams side.