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Family Grave
Mad Ade was walking through a churchyard one day, and came across a gravestone with the following inscription.
Here lies
Two grandmothers, with their two granddaughters;
Two husbands, with their two wives;
Two fathers, with their two daughters;
Two mothers, with their two sons;
Two maidens, with their two mothers;
Two sisters, with their two brothers.
Yet Mad Ade noted that there was only six names on the gravestone. How could this be possible?
Here lies
Two grandmothers, with their two granddaughters;
Two husbands, with their two wives;
Two fathers, with their two daughters;
Two mothers, with their two sons;
Two maidens, with their two mothers;
Two sisters, with their two brothers.
Yet Mad Ade noted that there was only six names on the gravestone. How could this be possible?
Answer
If two widows had each a son, and each widow married the son of the other and had a daughter by the marriage, all the relationships will be found to result.Hide Answer Show Answer
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the last phrase on the gravestone is two sisters with their two brothers where do they fit in?
because if son #1 marries the mother of son#2 and has a daughter, that daughter is the sister of son#2 because they share the same mother, and vice versa.
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Fun teaser but I wonder: Should we worry about people who know all this stuff?
Another possible outcome, which i'm going to explain to the best of my abilities.
Two old women, each had a son and daughter. Making 6 people. the son from the 1st family marry the daughter from the 2nd and vise versa. Then they all died while the 2 younger women were pregnant, with daughters in their wombs.
The fetuses had no names, thus they did not show up on the tombstones.
Two old women, each had a son and daughter. Making 6 people. the son from the 1st family marry the daughter from the 2nd and vise versa. Then they all died while the 2 younger women were pregnant, with daughters in their wombs.
The fetuses had no names, thus they did not show up on the tombstones.
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