YOU SAID:
my wife left and took the kids
INTO JAPANESE
私の妻は子供を放置して連れて行った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My wife left the child and took him
INTO JAPANESE
私の妻は子供を去って彼を連れて行った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My wife left him and brought him.
INTO JAPANESE
私の妻は彼を去り、彼を連れて来た
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My wife left him and brought him.
You've done this before, haven't you.