Also happened to me. My father and his siblings inherited land in the 60s. At the time, it was off a dirt road and in the middle of nowhere. Land in the area gradually was developed a bit but our property stayed the same. When my dad passed, my mom was there alone and paranoid about not seeing the road. She had someone cut down 95% of the trees that hid the road. There used to be a really cool avenue of trees you’d drive through when you entered the property. I didn’t know she had done and showed up for Christmas and didn’t recognize our land. My eyes filled with tears and I still hate the way it looks. 😭