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I think it's Lawson. Lawson and Tiffany could try going the Jinger & Jeremy Vuolo route and pursue the Hollywood lifestyle. I'm surprised they haven't done that yet. It depends on how indebted Lawson is to the Medic Corp organization (which is financially backed by JB Duggar). ***IF BSB stops working out*** I'd see Zach & Whitney and Carlin & Evan pulling a Jinger and writing books for the money. If it wasn't for BSB, they would probably already do that.


Zach & Whitney- Won't damage family name because of BSB.

Carlin & Evan- Won't damage family name because of BSB.

Michael, Erin, and Alyssa are too entrenched in the ways of IBLP. They can denounce Gothard but they all married into established, active IBLP families. Michael- husband works for IBLP. Erin- while she denounced IBLP, she still follows its principles & I think she only denounced IBLP because she had Gothard's cake at her wedding & is a wanna-be Ree Drummond type influencer. Alyssa- won't do anything to damage her father in law's reputation, given that he's a politician and is a long-time follower of IBLP.

Tori- Never. She is more fundie than all of them.

Josie- Kelton was raised IFB because Pensacola Christian College is super fundie and he's besties with Bobby, Tori's husband. Josie associates with the fundamentalist sisters all of the time. I think Josie is a fundie except dresses modern for influencer culture reasons.

Katie- Her husband's family has an IFB school and musical career so, it's not happening.

Nathan- too entrenched in the Duggar ways because he helps run Medic Corps with JD Duggar and the whole organization is financially backed by Jim Bob. At this point, Nathan is more "Duggar" than "Bates". Although, it's worth pointing out that the Bates are far more IBLP than the Duggars have ever been, considering Gil is on the board and the majority of the Bates married people that came from IBLP royalty families.

Trace- Maybe?

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Hazel (2021)

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Hazel Sloanna Balka is Josie Bates and Kelton Balka's second child (and second daughter).

Kaci (2016)

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Kaci Lynn Bates is Zach Bates and Whitney Perkin's second child (and first daughter).

Charlotte (2021)

June 24, 2023
Charlotte Raine Smith is Tori Bates and Bobby Smith's third child (and first daughter).

Kelton (1995)

July 4, 2023
Kelton Edward Balka is married to Josie Bates with 1 child.

Willow (2019)

July 19, 2023
Willow Kristy Balka is Josie Bates and Kelton Balka's first child (and first daughter).

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