Relationship Terms Used
Father's son or mother's son - Brother
Father's daughter or mother's daughter - Sister
Mother's brother (younger or elder) - Maternal Uncle
Father's brother (younger or elder) - Uncle (Paternal)
Father's sister (younger or elder) - Aunt
Mother's sister (younger or elder) -Aunt
Son's wife - Daughter-in-law
Daughter's husband - Son-in-law
Sister's husband - Brother-in-law
Husband's brother or wife's brother -Brother-in-law
Brother's wife -Sister-in-law
Husband's sister or wife's sister -Sister-in-law
Husband's father or wife's father -Father-in-law
Husband's mother or wife's mother -Mother-in-law
Brother's son or sister's son -Nephew
Brother's daughter or sister's daughter -Niece
Uncle's daughter or aunt's daughter -Cousin
Uncle's son or aunt's son -Cousin
Father's father or mother's father -Grandfather
Father's mother or mother's mother -Grandmother
Father of grandfather or father of grandmother----Great grandfather
Mother of grandfather or Mother of grandmother----Great grandmother
Tips on finding a relationship between two members of a family:
Step 1: The first and foremost step is to choose the two persons among whom the relationship is to be established.
Step 2: Now once you have chosen the two persons, pin-point the intermediate relationship between two persons, i.e. such relationship through which long drawn relationship can be established between the required persons.
Step 3: In the end, conclude the relationship between two required persons.
Question--Pointing to a girl in the photograph, Ajay said, "Her mother's brother is the only son of my mother's father." How is the girl's mother related to Ajay ?
A) Mother
B) Sister
C) Aunt
D) Grandmother
E) None of these
Solution:
Only son of Ajay's mother's father -- Ajay's maternal uncle.
So, the girl's maternal uncle is Ajay's maternal uncle.
Thus, the girl's mother is Ajay's aunt.
Key Points About Solving Blood Relation:
There are a few things you should take note of before starting with understanding blood relation-related questions.
You should never assume someone’s gender on the basis of their name.
-If X is mentioned as the son of Y, you can never claim that Y is the father of X or the mother of X.
-While solving puzzle-based questions you can see a wed between relations, so never solve them in a hurry.
-These questions appear to be lengthy. But don’t worry they are easy to solve if not attempted in panic.
-If pictorial description is used to solve coding-decoding blood relations it becomes easy to solve as relations become very clear.
Things you should keep in mind while constructing a blood Relation Chart
-Husband and wife should be placed together.
-Siblings should be placed close to each other.
-All people of the same generation should be placed at the same level.
-Parents should be placed above.
-Children should be placed below.