"album of albums" in Photos?

I cannot find a solution to this problem. Perhaps you can help.
I have nested folders of images that I want to import into the iPad. The main level is, say, A. Within A are folders B, C, and D all of which are at the same level. So, expanded, what I have is
A
-B
-C
-D
Within iTunes I point to the Pictures folder (which contains A) and select A as the target folder. All of the photos are imported but the original folder structure is destroyed leaving me with a single album named A containing all the images from B, C and D.
Help, please.

I use a Windows PC and for me, it is working as such:
Folder A is the main sync folder. B, C, D are the first level of subfolders within Folder A. Folders X, Y & Z are sub-sub-folders contained within subfolder C.
The albums shown in the ipad photo app are all single level albums of A, B, C, D, X, Y & Z.
Note: Folder A contains no photos, only subfolders.

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