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A man pointing to a lady said, “The son of her only brother is the brother of my wife”. The lady is…

The wife’s brother is the son of the lady’s only brother, so the lady’s brother is the father of the man’s wife, that is, the man’s father-in-law. The lady is therefore the…

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A man pointing to a lady said, “The son of her only brother is the brother of my wife”. The lady is related to the man as

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The wife’s brother is the son of the lady’s only brother, so the lady’s brother is the father of the man’s wife, that is, the man’s father-in-law. The lady is therefore the sister of the man’s father-in-law. “Mother-in-law” is tempting, but the lady is the aunt of the man’s wife, not her mother.

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