BLOOD RELATIONSHIP TRICKS

BLOOD RELATIONSHIP

        TRICKS 

Mother's or father's son   - Brother
Mother's or father's daughter   - Sister
Mother's or father's brother  - Uncle
Mother's or father's sister     - Aunt
Mother's or father's mother  - Grandmother
Mother's or father's father    - Grandfather
Son's wife  - Daughter-in-law
Daughter's husband      - Son-in-law
Husband's or wife's brother    - Brother-in-law
Sister's or brother's son  - Nephew
Brother's or Sister's daughter  - Niece
Uncle's or aunt's son or daughter     - Cousin
Sister's husband   - Brother-in-law
Brother's wife    - Sister-in-law

Example - Introducing a girl, Santhosh said, 'Her mother is the only daughter of my mother-in-law'. How is Manoj related to the girl ?

(1) Uncle (2) Husband (3) Brother (4) Father (5) None of these

Answer - (4)
Solution - Only daughter of mother-in-law = wife i.e. girl's mother is Manoj's wife. Manoj is the father of the girl.

Example - Pointing to a lady a man said, 'the son of her only brother is the brother of my wife'. How is the lady related to the man ?

(1) Mother's sister (2) Grandmother  (3) Mother-in-law  (4) Sister of the Man's father-in-law   (5) None of these

Answer - (4)
Solution - Brother of wife = brother-in-law. Son of lady's brother is his brother-in-law. So the lady's brother is man's father-in-law i.e. the lady is the sister of  man's father-in-law.