<prompt> Human: I checked my credit report and found that for whatever reason I have certain things on my report that were opened before I was even born in my parents name? How is that possible?Other things are on my report from like 1999, and I was in middle school at the time. In other words, there is stuff on my report that was from before I even had a credit history.There are other accounts but they were closed, and were closed over 7 years ago.Is this normal or evidence of foul play? Is there a legitimate reason this stuff is showing up?Assistant: Are they credit cards? Its possible your parents made you an authorized user on their cards at one point. If theyre all accounts in good standing it will actually help your credit score. Human: But if they made me authorized user, why would they not ever tell me about it?  <response>: If you were in middle school at the time, they may have decided not to tell you yet because you wouldnt have understood how credit works at that age, then they actually may have forgotten by the time you turned 18. Thats my guess. 