Itunes saying i bought an app i didnt

Ok. This was before the era of family sharing. I used to use my mothers Itunes account. Lets call it [email protected] About 6 months ago or so, I decided to make my own apple ID. So I made it on the computer, and bought all of the paid apps that I had on my phone. (Heres my mistake). I DID NOT Get any free apps, since they were free and I did not see the point of buying them. Well, now I am trying to transfer these free games over to my new ipad mini, and It keeps asking for [email protected]'s password. So I thought, "oh, i probably just have to get them onto my account through itunes." well, on itunes, It says that I have already downloaded the app.
To recap: Itunes says I have the app downloaded, So i cant get the app that way
I have the app on my phone so the app market doesnt recongnize that that app isnt under my ID
and I cant transfer the app very easily to my new ipad since it isnt even my game.
Even in the app store under purchased apps, it shows that I have these apps purchased. But for some reason the version on my phone is still stuck under [email protected]
I really just want to transfer these apps. So how would I purchase apps, that are on my phone under a different account?

Never mind. As it turns out, i Did have the apps that I had desired. My issue is The two game centers were different. Since I had my apps synced with my old game center.

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MarkySharky wrote:
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steelbelter wrote:
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