Blood Relations - Reasoning

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Cousin

: Mother's or Father's Brother's or Sister's Son or Daughter

(or) Parent's siblings' son or daughter (or) Uncle's or Aunt's son or daughter.
Nephew : Brother's or Sister's son
Niece : Brother's or Sister's daughter.
Uncle : Father's or Mother's brother.
Aunt : Father's or Mother's sister
Father-in-Law : Spouse's father (or) Wife's or Husband's Father
Mother-in-Law : Spouse's mother (or) Wife's or Husband's Mother
Son-in-Law : Daughter's Husband
Daughter-in-Law : Son's wife
Brother-in-Law : Spouse's brother (or) Sister's husband

Sister-in-Law : Spouse's sister (or) Brother's Wife

Maternal : of or related to Mother

Paternal : of or related to Father
Siblings : brothers or sisters
Spouse : Husband or Wife
Note : Cousin is a COMMON GENDER, There are NO such words
Cousin Brother / Cousin Sister
Generations :
-2 Generation : Grand father and Grand Mother (Maternal & Paternal)
-1 Generation : Mother, Father, Brother, Sister, Brother-in-Law, Sister-in-Law,
Cousin
+1 Generation : Son, Daughter, Son-in-Law, Daughter-in-Law, Nephew, Niece
+2 Generation : Grand Sons and Grand Daughters
POINTS TO REMEMBER :
If the question is "How is A related to B". Then you must know the gender
of A to answer the question
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Without knowing A's gender, you cannot determine the relation
from A to B
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If a person is Uncle or Aunt to "A", A is that person's nephew (if A is Male)
or niece (if A is female)
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Cousin is a common Gender (I mean, you can use this word for both Male
and Female)
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Ex : A says to B, "you are the son of my grand father's only son".
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How is B related to A?
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How is A related to B?
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Ans :
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B is Brother of A.
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My grand father's only son = A's father (grand father's
only son means only ONE son.. No other son and no daughter
also)
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A is either brother or sister to B
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A and B are siblings. B is brother to A as we know the
Gender of B. But we dont know the Gender of A. So we cant
say whether A is Brother or Sister to B.
Lets have a look at some practice problems :
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The mother of Ranbir is the only daughter of Neetu's father.

How Neetu is related to Ranbir?
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Sister
o
Mother

Aunt
Cant determine
None of These
Answer : Mother
Explnation : Only daughter of Neetu's father = Neetu only.
The mother of Ranbir is Neetu, so Neetu is the mother of Ranbir :D
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Amit is the son of Ajit's grand father's only daughter. How is
Ajit's father related to Amit?
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Grand Father
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Uncle
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Father
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Data Inadequate
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None of these
Answer : Father
Explanation : Ajit's grand father's only daughter means Ajit's mother.
Amit is the son of Ajit's mother.
So, Amit and Ajit are Siblings. Ajit's father is Amith's father too
o
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Pointing to a boy Rekha said, "He is the son of my mother-inlaw's only Child". How is the boy related to Rekha?
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Son
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Grand Son
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Nephew
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Brother
o
Cant determined
Ans : Son
Explnation : My mother-in-law's only child = Rekha's mother-in-law's
only child = Rekha's husband.
The boy is the son of the Rekha's Husband. So obviuosly
Rekha is the mother to that
boy and that boy is the Son of Rekha.
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B is the husband of C. A is the sister of B. D is the sister of C.
How is D related to B?
o
Son
o
Uncle
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Sister-in-Law
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Cant be determined
Ans : Sister-in-Law
Explnation :
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B is Husband and C is his Wife.
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A is the sister of B, so A is the Sister-in-Law of C ( Husband's
sister)
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D is the sister of C so, D is the Sister-in-Law of B (Wife's
Sister)
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Pointing towards a girl, a Person said, "She is the only daugher

of the only son of the wife of the father-in-law of my wife". How is
the girl related to the Person?
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Niece
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Daughter
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Sister
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Daughter-in-Law
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Cant be Determined
Ans : Daughter
Explnation :
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Father-in-Law of my wife = Father in Law of the Person's Wife

= Person's Father

Wife of the Father-in-law of my wife = Wife of the Person's

Father = Person's Mother.

Only son of Person's Mother = That Person only (because

Person's parents dont have any other child)

So, she is the only daughter of Person as the Person does not
have any other Children.