[RickGamingYT]

They can If you give them reason to do so.

This would Involve a manual process, of which they predominantly don't have the manpower to sift through every detail.

I agree with mothered, none of my accounts have ever been linked together by following the method you said. Slightly changing things makes all the difference sometimes

Off-topic, welcome back.

On-topic, thanks for sharing your experience. The more Information we (as an SEing community) can gather, the better the chance of achieving successful results.

Thank you! Glad to be back after a while of disappearing

As always, happy to help in any way I can.