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Description We construct explicit infinite arithmetic families of three distinct positive odd integers whose accelerated Collatz trajectories merge after five iterations and share a common first passage at step nineteen. The construction combines synchronized forward coalescence with linearly deep inverse ancestry arising from different negative periodic orbits. Using a common rational $3$-adic anchor, we connect three inverse branches to the negative fixed point, the negative two-cycle, and the negative seven-cycle. For every integer height L ≥ 3000, three explicit Chinese-remainder classes contain exponentially many such triples, with certified gate-relative hereditary-rank lower bounds ρL(W-1) ≥ L/20 , ρL(W-7) ≥ 7L/20 , ρL(W-91) ≥ L/125 . We also establish an alternative mixed-periodic triple construction and a faster two-branch ancestry construction. A complementary computer-assisted theorem proves that, within a precisely defined class of integral-negative-shadow inverse words and for dyadic rational anchors 0 < A ≤ 3000, at most two distinct eligible offsets can connect to the specified fast negative periodic orbits. The finite classification is supported by two independent exact-arithmetic implementations and reproducible certificates. The results concern explicit Collatz orbit constructions and first-passage ancestry. They do not establish the Collatz conjecture or determine unrestricted inverse-tree ranks. Creator Lee Byoungwoo Independent Researcher, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Keywords Collatz conjecture; accelerated Collatz map; Collatz dynamics; synchronized coalescence; first-passage dynamics; inverse Collatz trees; hereditary rank; negative periodic orbits; 3-adic anchors; Chinese remainder theorem; Diophantine congruences; arithmetic dynamics
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