THAT IS WONDERFUL!!!!! I do family history for several branches of my family and some that aren't but I love doing it and finding all the hidden information that is out there. I found a "new to me" cousin about 2 years ago and he loves doing family history as well so any time we get bored we call each other and sit for hours on the computer doing research together.
YES there are a lot of people with family trees on ancestry's web page that do nothing more then copy off what someone else has showing and chances are their information is WRONG. I have proven this more times then I can remember and it's so frustrating at times that I want to throw in the towel, but I've been a member for over 10 years and if you are willing to go the extra mile to verify the documents you can get some great information from them. I am a firm believer in verifying all documents before adding any information from them to my trees.
Life is fun and full of new beginnings, enjoy them while you can.