Topic 5 – Blood Relations
What are Blood Relations?
Any relation in the world which either by birth or by marriage is called a Blood Relation.
What relations come under the ambit of Blood relations?
A. Relations from Paternal Side
1. Father’s father ? Grandfather
2. Father’s mother ? Grandmother
3. Father’s brother ? Uncle
4. Father’s sister ? Aunt
5. Children of uncle ? Cousin
6. Wife of uncle ? Aunt
7. Children of aunt ? Cousin
8. Husband of aunt ? Uncle
B. Relations of Maternal side:
1. Mother’s father ? Maternal grandfather
2. Mother’s mother ? Maternal grandmother
3. Mother’s brother ? Maternal uncle
4. Mother’s sister ? Aunt
5. Children of maternal uncle ? Cousin
6. Wife of maternal uncle ? Maternal aunt
7. Children of maternal aunt ? Cousin
6. Husband of maternal aunt? Maternal uncle
C. Relation with respect to Siblings :
1. Male sibling – Brother
2. Female Sibling – Sister
3. Brother’s wife – Sister-in-law
4. Sister’s husband – Brother-in-law
5. Brother’s / Sister’s Son – Nephew
6. Brother’s / Sister’s Daughter – Niece
TRICK??
How to Depict different genders?
Relation by marriage –
Relation between parents and children –
Relation between Siblings –
Practice Questions
1. If L is the brother of the son of M’s son, How is L related to M?
A) Son
B) Grandson
C) Cousin
D) Father
2. If P is the mother of Q and R, and S is the husband of R, how is P related to S?
A) Mother
B) Daughter
C) Mother-in-law
D) Daughter-in-law
3. If Teena’s mother Is Raj’s mother’s daughter, how is Raj related to Teena?
A) Uncle
B) Son
C) Father
D) Maternal Uncle
4. A man pointing to a photograph says, “Her mother’s only daughter is my daughter.” How
is the lady in the photograph related to the man?
A. Mother
B. Cousin
C. Mother-in-law
D. Daughter.
5. A man said to a lady, “Your mother’s husband’s sister is my aunt.” How is the lady
related to the man?
A. Grand daughter
B. Mother
C. Daughter
D. Sister.
6. If A is the brother of B, C is the mother of B, D is the daughter of A, E is the sister of
B, F is the brother of D, then who among the following is the Aunt of F?
A) A
B) B
C) D
D) E
7) Pointing to a man in a photograph, a lady said to a boy “His father’s wife’s only
daughter-in-law is my sister”. How is the man’s son related to the lady?
A) Son
B) Nephew
C) Brother
D) None of the above
8) If A is the only daughter of B’s mother’s husband’s father’s wife, how is A related to B?
A)Sister
B) Mother
C) Niece
D) Aunt
9) Pointing to a gentleman, Deepak said, “His only brother is the father of my daughter’s
father/” How is the man related to Deepak?
A) Brother
B) Uncle
C) Father
D) cousin
10) If Radha says, “Sneha’s father Dheeraj is the only son of my father-in-law Brijesh,”
then how is Sindhu, who is the only sister of Sneha, related to Brijesh?
A) Wife
B) Daughter
C) Daughter-in-law
D) Granddaughter
ANSWER
1-B
2-C
3-D
4-D
5-D
6-D
7-B
8-D
9-B
10-D