How do I combine two user accounts?

So i'm a new Mac user and when I got my MacBook Pro I transfered files from my PC using Migration Assistant. That worked succesfully but I had trouble trying to find the files and now I have they are all on this separate user account. So I was wondering if it be possible to combine the two accounts into one? If not how would I transfer the files from account to another?
Help please!
Thank you!

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