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Friday Riddle / Teaser

nudgie
nudgie CSN Member Posts: 1,478 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
FAMILY PORTRAIT: The mother, father, son, daughter, uncle, aunt, brother, sister, cousin, nephew, and niece of a family are all present at a family gathering. A photo is taken of them all. What is the lease number of people in the photo?
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  • shmurciakova
    shmurciakova CSN Member Posts: 906 Member
    #2
    four? because the mother and father are also brother and sister.. eeeh...
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  • valeriec
    valeriec CSN Member Posts: 348 Member
    #3
    two
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  • PGLGreg
    PGLGreg CSN Member Posts: 731
    #4
    A is the husband of B, and they have a son C.
    D is the husband of E, and they have a daughter F.
    A is the brother of E.
    Only the four A, C, E, and F are present:
    E is the mother,
    A is the father,
    C is the son,
    F is the daughter,
    A is the uncle (of F),
    E is the aunt (of C),
    A is the brother (of E),
    E is the sister (of A),
    C is the cousin (of F),
    C is the nephew (of E),
    F is the niece (of A).
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  • spongebob
    spongebob CSN Member Posts: 2,565 Member
    #5
    valeriec said:

    two

    Actually in West Virginia, I think it can be one!
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