Thanks for sharing that information! It is most interesting.

The events that supposedly didn't happen in my childhood took place between the ages of 3 and 7. One "memory" is being in a crib with a baby brother next to a window. The curtain rod had falled off and into the crib and I was playing with it. But at some point, I found a sharp knife either in the crib or on the windowsill and a parent was angry with me when they saw it in my hand. I have always connected this memory with my baby brother who died of SIDS but the timeline doesn't match up and my mom swears such a thing never happened with my brother after him.
Another "memory" is of exploring some woods near an apartment complex we lived at in Virginia. I met a man who said he would give me a coin if _______ [total blank]. I was about 5 years old and very excited when I got home. I told my mom about what happened and she slapped me hard. That's one of my so-called memories that makes mom mad when I mention it lol If it did happen, apparently it didn't traumatize me because I specifically remember being excited.

There are a couple other such incidents, but I'll stop boring everyone

After I read your above post, cross-memories and false memories made more sense.
In my last dream journal entry, I wrote a couple dreams and then some aspects of other dreams I couldn't recall. I was certain I had dreamed about a baby and assumed it was a human baby. When I went out to feed my pets and my cat came running towards me, the forgotten dream was instantly remembered. I had dreamed about a kitten. In the dream, the cat ran toward me in the same manner she ran to me outside when awake and something clicked in my head which triggered the memory.