How did I get from Panther to Tiger?

Hi. I think I'm losing my mind! My son has an ibookG4 - purchased in early 2006, I believe. One of the early ibook G4s. Until about a month ago it was running just fine - Tiger 10.4.11. Got all wonky on us, something went missing, and we decided to do a complete re-install with the discs that came with it when we bought it. Went through the whole 3 disc combo and...what??? he's now running Panther 10.3?? We can't for the life of either one of us figure out how he got to Tiger from Panther unless it was either a)through software updates, which seems odd or b)I purchased Tiger, which I'm pretty sure I didnt....or c)did it come as a cpu with the early G4s?
I know this is a strange request but would someone be so kind as to confirm for me that I must have purchased it and the disc must be stuffed in a file somewhere - or perhaps it came as a CPU with the ibook G4 - or there are software updates for us to access? While I realize you couldn't possibly know what I've done...perhaps in knowing what's available/realistic, I might be able to re-trace my steps? So frustrating, this. Thank you so much on so many levels!

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