On the other hand my Great great grandpa was a former member of the Italian mafia from my dad's side. So some of my crazy might come from him too. (Sorry about the rant I just wanted to vent)
Same vibe with Asian parents/grandparents telling their younger days' experiences. Some are exaggerated, but forged stories. Others are wild, bizarre but real thing happened.
What my mom explained was to vivid to fake. I mean these weren't really all that surprising since her side of the family is almost exclusively insane with more mental disorders than you can count on 2 hands... I am no exception after all!
The most surprising thing she told me was back in the day her fathers side of the family used own a slave plantation back when that was still legal...
Apparently they were rather rich. In fact if it wasn't for my greedy late aunt my mother would be a multi millionaire
From inheritance and I mean like 20 to 30 million range! I actually think not getting the money was a good thing though I feel like it would have been a poison in the end. That kind of money can be dangerous after all and my mother had a pretty bad meth addiction back then my mother has been clean for 22 years.