The post by
@imayid2 who said
Yes, my ancestors are exclusively chassidesh as far back as I can tell. My children are einiklach of the baal Shem, no connections to the gra.
yet claimed
Personally I like to know and understand the ideology behind why I’m not chassidesh.
got me thinking about shifts between קרייזן.
I don't know if there is any other קרייז with inflows from the most varied backgrounds as Lubavitch has. I would suspect that a vast majority of the inflows are ideological (i.e. a person got exposed to תורת חסידות חב"ד and decided to become "part" - which in my dictionary mainly means where they send their kids to get educated).
There are obviously shifts between קרייזן due to marriages, and sometimes due to environmental circumstances (the shul, school, yeshiva etc. that is in the area).
And then in our generation (possibly in prior generations too), there are those who went OTD, and either themselves or their descendants came back through a different קרייז.
I invite anyone who experienced a switch to share the reasons and/or experiences.
I didn't grow up in a Lubavitch home, was exposed through שיעורי תניא and the rest is history.