I have written a number of times about the problems of accuracy in various online databases. This "problem" is not limited to any one database; it seems common in all of the web sites that contain genealogy information contributed by the general public.
On almost any online genealogy database that contains information contributed from the general public, you can find claimed births of white children in Massachusetts or Virginia in the 1500s or in Kansas in the 1700s. These are only the more obvious errors, the ones that really "jump out" at you. Unfortunately, there are thousands more fictitious entries that look as if they are plausible but are not backed up by source citations or any facts. The sad part is that some people actually believe this stuff and insert it into their own genealogy databases, then pass it on to others. The misinformation replicates itself time and again.
You can find online pedigrees back to Adam and Eve, ones that link Winston Churchill and Saddam Hussein, George W. Bush with Osama Bin Laden and many, many others with just plain made-up information.
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