A major issue in the NT is the giving of too many facts which can be used to verify witnesses. for example Joseph of Arimathea took Jesus’s body. He and his ancestors could have been tracked down and interviewed by doubters.
Yes, thinks like "Simon from Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus," or "Anna, the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher." When my Sunday School students ask why this information is in the Gospels, I tell them it's because the authors and the readers would have known Alexander and Rufus, or could have known living relatives of Anna.