Ja'Ron Petty and Breanna Adams have two children and were preparing to bring a third one into the world when Petty was diagnosed with endocarditis and pericarditis.
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Saint Louis University demographer and sociology professor Ness Sandoval called it "historic," calling it the largest Hispanic population increase in the region.