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Freethinker65

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7. Does this article assume no movement to other states from states where born?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2024, 08:16 AM

May 2024

Families move. Just because you were born, and possibly conceived, in one State doesn't mean you won't grow up in another. My so was born in Michigan and we, as a family, left when he was two. He grew up in Illinois.

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