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Important history questions
Blood relations are of considerable part of CAT and other MBA entrance exams. Around 3-4 questions make up its logical reasoning section. This topic is a scoring one if you are smooth with the understanding of family relations and family tree otherwise it can prove to be messy, confusing and time consuming. In recent times, we are most likely been detached with our family members and most live in nuclear families unlike in past times when the concept of Joint Families was an apparent part of our lifestyle. Thus, most of us hardly possess the idea of how family relations are intertwined and mixed up and how the branches flow through the family. The following table will give you some idea of terminology of relationships.
Father of grandfather or grandmother
Great grandfather
Daughter of father or mother
Sister
Mother of grandfather or grandmother
Great grandmother
Son of second wife of father
Step brother
Father of father or mother
Grandfather
Daughter of second wife of father
Step sister
Mother of father or mother
Grandmother
Son/daughter of uncle/aunt
Cousin
Wife of grandfather
Grandmother
Brother of husband or wife
Brother-in-law
Husband of grandmother
Grandfather
Sister of husband or wife
Sister-in-law
Father-in-law of father/mother
Grandfather
Husband of sister/sister-in-law
Brother-in-law
Mother-in-law of father/mother
Grandmother
Son of father
Oneself/Brother
Father’s father/mother only
Father
Mother of son/daughter
Oneself/Wife
Only daughter-in-law of father’s father/father’s mother
Mother
Father of daughter/son
Oneself/husband
Husband of mother
Father
Son of son of grandmother/grandfather
Brother/Oneself
/Cousin
Wife of father
Mother
Daughter of son of grandmother/grandfather
Cousin/Oneself
/Sister
Second wife of father
Step mother
Son of brother or sister
Nephew
Brother of father
Uncle
Daughter of brother/sister
Niece
Brother of mother
Maternal Uncle
Grandson of father/mother
Son/Nephew
Sister of father
Aunt
Granddaughter of father/mother
Daughter or Niece
Sister of mother
Maternal Aunt
Husband of daughter
Son-in-law
Husband of aunt
Uncle
Wife of brother/brother-in-law
Sister-in-law
Wife of uncle
Aunt
Wife of son
Daughter-in-law
Son of grandfather/grandmother
Father/Uncle
Son of son/Daughter
Grandson
Daughter of father-in-law/mother-in-law of father
Mother/Aunt
Daughter of son/Daughter
Granddaughter
Father of wife/husband
Father-in-law
Son’s/Daughter’s grandson
Great Grandson
Mother of wife/husband
Mother-in-law
Son’s/Daughter’s granddaughter
Great granddaughter
Children of same parents
Siblings
Father’s/Mother’s only son/daughter
Oneself
Son of father or mother
Brother
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