Be careful about accepting hints from public trees

Hi guys, this has been on my mind and I thought I needed to share. I’m not calling anyone out, but I noticed some people say they are related to a president or related to royalty or someone famous. That’s great and all, but be careful about accepting public tree hints. I know it’s very tempting to accept a hint because it’s there. I used to do it when I first started genealogy research. I looked into different family trees, and I used to accept tree hints and sometimes I have to stop myself. I’ve been working with a genealogist, and they have been informing me to be careful when it comes to that. If you don’t have the documents and a paper trail to back up what you’re saying then it’s not as accurate as it may seem. I know because there was a time when I thought I was related to, a president. Long story short, I didn’t have any documents proving that I was related to them and I just accepted all the public family tree hints trace it back to the 1600s and I had to delete so many people because it was not accurate and had no documentation with that. What I’m saying is when it comes to building a family tree continue to do what you’re doing, but please take those public family tree hints or turlines with a grain of salt. Do your research and it’s going to take a lot of work. I’m not saying you’re not doing the work, I’m just saying to be very careful before you look at someone else’s tree. Thanks.