If your ancestors immigrated to a new country or even just moved to a new state, did they have children they left behind in the old country or the state in which they used to live? If your migrant ancestor had grown children, it’s possible that those children decided to stay behind when your ancestor moved to a new location. That’s more likely to be true if the child is married and had children of their own at the time.
Your ancestor may have just taken their younger children with them when they moved. Older ones may have elected to stay behind.
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