Since I won't be at work tomorrow ...

[sinjun]

Here's tomorrow's puzzle early. (You'll have to wait until Monday though, to get the next one.)

Family Tree.

Ryan's mother is an only child. In the grocery store, she met her husband's only sister's mother's only son.

What relation is this person to Ryan?

Comments

[wibbble]

The answer they want you to give is 'father', but it might be 'uncle'.

Her husband and his sister might have the same father, but different mothers, in which case the sister's mother's son wouldn't be the husband. If the sister's mother's son had the same father as the husband, he would be the husband's half-brother, and thus Ryan's uncle. If it was a different father, then, uhh, I don't think there'd be any blood relation, but the odds are Ryan would call him 'uncle' anyway.

[damara.livejournal.com]

Uhm, Felix?
That would technically make it "her husband's only half-sister's mother's only son."

Re:

[wibbble]

Perhaps, but 'sister' is still an accurate description of her. Half-sister would be a more complete description, true, but 'sister' alone is not inaccurate. ;o)