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The beautiful, maligned Jana Duggar plays a unique, and largely unrecognized role in her family, as viewers who watch 19 Kids and Counting online know well.

TLC cameras often capture the eldest daughter of the Duggar family taking care of her younger brothers and sisters, often thanklessly and tirelessly.

So much so, campaigns have popped up online in which fans want to Free Jana Duggar. From what, exactly, it’s not clear. But she needs some freedom!

Perhaps for that reason, Jana was carefully and completely edited out of two recent episodes of the hit reality show … but they got busted thanks to social media.

You may have seen, or heart about, the now pregnant Anna Duggar and husband Josh Duggar taking a trip with their three children from D.C. to Chicago.

What viewers didn’t see is that Anna and Josh Duggar were joined by Jana, who was, of course, saddled with taking care of her nieces and nephews.

It was only after fans noticed her in Instagram photos taken during the road trip that a source close to the series admitted Jana was edited out of the episode.

“The producers wanted to showcase they way Josh and Anna interact with their kids,” an insider says, and apparently that didn’t include the family sherpa.

Wow. As if being constantly tasked with caring for an enormous brood at the expense of moving on with her own life weren’t bad enough, now TLC wants to hide it?

Follow the links above for lots more details … and for the love of all things that are right with this world, consider signing the petition to FREE JANA.