Reasoning Study Notes: Blood Relation

Blood Relation can be really easy topic if you have the right approach. Comparatively among other topics of reasoning blood relations can fetch you full marks. But with one silly mistake or if you don’t pay attention to a little information you can lose that easy mark.

So let us see the approach towards Blood Relation:
Generation Tree:
Here let us look at the Generation Tree or Family Tree of a person X:

Different Relations:
Let us understand different possible relations of X:
Paternal

Great Grand Father	Father’s Grand Father
Great Grand Mother	Father’s Grand Mother, Father’s Grand Father’s Wife
Grand Father	Father’s Father
Grand Mother	Father’s Mother, Father’s Father’s Wife
Uncle	Father’s Brother
Aunt	Father’s Sister
Sibling	Brother/Sister
Niece	Sibling’s Daughter
Nephew	Sibling’s Son
Children	Son/Daughter
Cousin	Father’s Sibling’s Children
Grandchildren	Children’s children
Great Grand Children	Children’s children’s children

Maternal

Great Grand Father	Mother’s Grand Father
Great Grand Mother	Mother’s Grand Mother, Mother’s Grand Father’s Wife
Grand Father	Mother’s Father
Grand Mother	Mother’s Mother, Mother’s Father’s Wife
Uncle	Mother’s Brother
Aunt	Mother’s Sister
Cousin	Mother’s Sibling’s Children

In-Laws (Relative of Wife’s or Husband’s)

Great Grand Father-in-Law	Wife’s Grand Father
Great Grand Mother-in-Law	Wife’s Grand Mother, Wife’s Grand Father’s Wife
Grand Father-in-Law	Wife’s Father
Grand Mother-in Law	Wife’s Mother, Wife’s Father’s Wife
Father-in-Law	Wife’s Father
Mother-in-Law	Wife’s Mother
Sister-in-Law	Wife’s Sister
Brother-in-Law	Wife’s Brother
Daughter-in-Law	Son’s Wife
Son-in-Law	Daughter’s Husband

Approach towards Blood Relation Questions:

➀ Read the question or instruction carefully.

➁ Try to resolve the relation step by step. Always solve statement in generation. By this approach it will be less puzzling for you and time saving.

Example: Looking at a picture he said, ‘He is my grandmother’s daughter-in-law’s only son’s wife’

Grandmother’s daughter-in-law is his mother. Mother’s only son is he himself. So the the person in the picture is his wife.

➂ If in the question paternal or maternal is not clearly mentioned, then solve the question assuming paternal side.

➃ Always be careful about “He’, “She”, “His”, “Her”. Because this we can determine gender.

➄ Try to draw the family tree while solving the questions; it reduces the chances of error and confusion.