Where Did All the "Skerstonas' " Go (or Girls Rule Which Stinks for Geneaology!)

In my on-line family tree the count is currently at 368 family members.   I'll take a rough guess that about 300 of these are the descendants of Joseph and Peter Skerstonas.  The majority are descendants within the United States.   But if you Google "Skerstonas" in the US you'll likely get me, my half-brother and his daughter.  And, that's about it....   Where did all the Skerstonas' go?   Thought it might be interesting to try to map out what happened to the surname once these brother's children starting coming stateside.

Couple of notes:  I do not include names of any living relatives as I'm unsure if I have their permission.   And this is based on information I have at this time so - apologize in advance if I am missing any family members or have any errors.   If you have any information to add - please feel free to contact me & let me know)

Joseph Skerstonas

• Daughter: Barbara (b 1891 in Lithuania, d. 1979 Thomaston, CT) married Louis Alexander
• Daughter: Patrione married Joseph Sanda
• Daughter: Anna married George Westone
• Daughter: Alice married Unknown Voselis
• Son: Unknown Skerstonas - Died in train/work accident in CT.  Don't know if he was married at the time.
• Son: Charles Skerstonas (b 1888 in Lithuania, d. 1956 Thomaston, CT) married Rose Tamosaitis
• Daughter: Della (b 1917 in Waterbury, CT, d ? Thomaston CT) married Isadore Snieckus
• Daughter: Married
• Daughter: Mildred (b 1923 in Thomaston, CT, d 2010 Thomaston CT) married George Chepulis
• Son: Albert Skerstonas (b 1920 in Thomaston CT, d ? Thomaston CT) - married and had no children
• Son: George Skerstonas (b 1930 in Thomaston, CT, d 1999 in Thomaston CT)
• Daughter - Married
• Daughter - Married
• Daughter - Deb Skerstonas Lagana - Married (me)
• Son - Skerstonas
• Daughter - Skerstonas - Married kept her maiden name

Peter Skerstonas

• Daughter: Lucy Skerstonas (b 1870 in Lithuania, d ? in Lithuania) - never married
• Daughter: Magdalene (b 1873 in Lithuania, d 1948 in Nebraska) married Isadore Tamosaitis
• Daughter: Martha (b 1875, d 1944) married Joseph Vaicekauskas
• Daughter: Mary married Unknown Kidulas
• Daughter: Anna married Unknown Lisdanis
• Daughter: Frances married Frances Barnauskas
• Daughter: Barbara married Unknown Chernauskas
• Son: Anthony Skerstonas married a teacher in Lithuania
• Son: Jonas Skerstonas

So, the Skerstonas name dwindled fairly quickly with all these daughters.   Interestingly there was a similar trend on my mother's side of the family tree as well - her grandmother was one of 12 children - 10 girls and 2 boys....  This all can make it very difficult to trace ancestors - but I keep plugging along!