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Blood relation tricks

Basic rules of blood relations
  • Father’s side – Paternal
  • Mother’s side – Maternal
  • Mother’s or Father’s Father – Grandfather (Maternal or Paternal)
  • Mother’s or Father’s Mother – Grandmother (Maternal or Paternal)
  • Mother’s or Father’s Brother – Uncle
  • Mother’s or Father’s Sister – Aunt
  • Mother’s or Father’s Son – Brother
  • Mother’s or Father’s Daughter – Sister
  • Son’s Wife – Daughter-in-law
  • Daughter’s Husband – Son-in-law
  • Husband’s or wife’s Father – Father-in-law
  • Husband’s or wife’s Mother – Mother-in-law
  • Husband’s or wife’s Brother – Brother-in-law
  • Husband’s or wife’s Sister – Sister-in-law
  • Sister’s Husband – Brother-in-law
  • Brother’s Wife – Sister-in-law
  • Brother’s or Sister’s Son – Nephew
  • Brother’s or Sister’s Daughter – Niece
  • Uncle’s or Aunt’s Son or Daughter – Cousin (He is
  • considered as First Cousin)
  • Son or Daughter of the First Cousin – Cousin (He is mainly addressed as Second Cousin)
  • Grandson’s or Grand Daughter’s Son – Great Grand son
  • Grandson’s or Grand Daughters’s Daughter – Great Grand Daughter
  • Father’s or Mother’s Aunt – Grand Aunt or Grand Aunt
  • Father’s or Mother’s Uncle – Grand Uncle or Great Uncle
  • Real Brother or Sister (Common Parents) – Sibling
Indications
  • "---" means siblings
  • "<-->" means married couple
  • " + " means male
  • " - " means female
  • "↓" means upper generation to lower generation
Problems

Type 1 : Pointing to a photograph of a boy Suresh said, "He is the son of the only son of my mother." How is Suresh related to that boy ?

Solution : suresh mother's only son is suresh. son of suresh is the boy.Then suresh is the father of boy

Type 2 : P is the mother of K; K is the sister of D; D is the father of J. How is P related to J?

Type 3 :(CODED) If M x N means M is the daughter of N; M + N means M is the father of N; M % N means M is the mother of N and M - N means M is the brother of N then P % Q + R - T x K indicates which relation of P to K?

Solution : P % Q = P is the mother of Q ;Q + R = Q is the father of R ; R-T = R is the brother of T ; T X K = T is the daughter of K

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