This is a theory, so deep that it has probably been done before. This is the truth, a truth that will shock your pants off (unless you are wearing shorts or a skirt).
The Ash(es?) that we have seen are actually clones created by his mother. Now what actually happened was that Ash lived with his mother and his father but then tragedy shook as his mother was found cheating with an saucy affair with Bruno. His father quickly got a divorce and won Ash in a long custody battle which also included a Pikachu that Ash would own. Delia struck with guilt that she could never see her son again (well she had issues), decided to create her own son using robotic technology along the genes of Bruno's Onix's DNA (This is not an euphemism). So using an underground hidden lab, she set to create as many Ash clones as possible. She put in a dream like replicants in Blade Runner which created Ash's dream to be the best trainer in the world, so they went with cloned Pikachus to go on Pokemon journeys. Delia would retire them after ever region to avoid suspicion. She created them so durable that even a Charizard's flamethrower could not kill him using genetic splicing from Bruno's Onix and others.
However there were times when one of the clones died (such as the Lavender Tower episode) and Delia would then replace these clones quickly so that no one would know. When Brock so became suspicious, he was quickly replaced and then brainwashed so that he would forget. Similar stuff happened with Professor Oak, Misty and Gary, they were all drained and brainwashed. Why do you think we barely see Tracey anymore? Delia realized that Ash would have to grow, so she just changed the voice on the latter clones so that no one will suspect that he is a cloned robot. The clone-Ashes were getting suspicious so Delia created clone-Serena with fake memories of him as a kid to throw him off.
So what happened to the Real Ash? He is married with two kids and lives with Karen from the Elite 4 (Think about it, we never seen her in the anime) at age 25 living in the Sevii Islands (we never see them either). He works as a legal consultant at his own law firm.
And Delia has unlocked the ways of anti-aging.
The Ash(es?) that we have seen are actually clones created by his mother. Now what actually happened was that Ash lived with his mother and his father but then tragedy shook as his mother was found cheating with an saucy affair with Bruno. His father quickly got a divorce and won Ash in a long custody battle which also included a Pikachu that Ash would own. Delia struck with guilt that she could never see her son again (well she had issues), decided to create her own son using robotic technology along the genes of Bruno's Onix's DNA (This is not an euphemism). So using an underground hidden lab, she set to create as many Ash clones as possible. She put in a dream like replicants in Blade Runner which created Ash's dream to be the best trainer in the world, so they went with cloned Pikachus to go on Pokemon journeys. Delia would retire them after ever region to avoid suspicion. She created them so durable that even a Charizard's flamethrower could not kill him using genetic splicing from Bruno's Onix and others.
However there were times when one of the clones died (such as the Lavender Tower episode) and Delia would then replace these clones quickly so that no one would know. When Brock so became suspicious, he was quickly replaced and then brainwashed so that he would forget. Similar stuff happened with Professor Oak, Misty and Gary, they were all drained and brainwashed. Why do you think we barely see Tracey anymore? Delia realized that Ash would have to grow, so she just changed the voice on the latter clones so that no one will suspect that he is a cloned robot. The clone-Ashes were getting suspicious so Delia created clone-Serena with fake memories of him as a kid to throw him off.
So what happened to the Real Ash? He is married with two kids and lives with Karen from the Elite 4 (Think about it, we never seen her in the anime) at age 25 living in the Sevii Islands (we never see them either). He works as a legal consultant at his own law firm.
And Delia has unlocked the ways of anti-aging.