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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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