Pointing to a lady a person said, "The son of her only brother is the brother…
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Pointing to a lady a person said, "The son of her only brother is the brother of my wife." How is the lady related to the person?
- A.
Maternal aunt
- B.
Grandmother (paternal or maternal)
- C.
Sister of father-in-law
- D.
None of these
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Correct answer: C
In blood-relation puzzles, a statement that links two people through a third person's family member (e.g., "X's relative is Y's relative") pins down a specific role in the shared family tree. To find how one person is related to another, trace the stated link one relation at a time until it resolves into a defined kinship term.
The statement gives: the son of the lady's only brother is the brother of the person's wife.
Since the lady's brother's son and the person's wife are described as brother and sister, they share the same father — so the lady's brother is the father of the person's wife.
The father of the person's wife is, by definition, the person's father-in-law — so the lady's brother is the person's father-in-law.
The lady is her brother's sister, so the lady is the sister of the person's father-in-law.
Independent check: if the lady is the sister of the father-in-law, her brother is the father-in-law, and his son would indeed be the brother of the person's wife — exactly matching the original statement, which confirms the derivation.
Hence, the lady is related to the person as the sister of the father-in-law.