Blood relation puzzles are one of the most commonly asked questions in most of the competitive exams. These puzzles test your analytical skills and are considered as one of the most studied topics in Logical reasoning.
What is a Blood Relation?
A blood relation is the one that you carry by birth, such as father, mother, sister, uncle, brother etc. Relations formed by marriage such as father in law, brother in law etc are not considered blood relation. However in logical reasoning, relations formed by marriage is also considered as blood relation.
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Puzzle Setup and Clues
Six people A, B, C, D, E and F belong to the same family spread across three generations. The task for you is to find how E is related to D in the family.
To help you solve the blood relation puzzle, we have provided a set of clues below which you can use to find the relation between E and D.
The following are the clues, read them carefully and connect the dots.
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A is the mother of B.
C is the son of B.
D is the sister of C.
E is the father of A.
F is the husband of A.
Now, using these set of clues try cracking this puzzle.
Take your time and see if you can find how E and D are related to each other. These puzzles test your analytical skills and are very useful for most competitive exams.
If you need to know the solution don’t worry we would provide a detailed solution at the end of the article. Check that out.
Hurry up, time is running out.
So, have you been able to find how E is related to D?
Take a look below to check the answer.
Blood Relation Puzzle: Solution
Start with clue 4. E is the father of A, so E sits one generation above A.
From clue 1, A is the mother of B, placing B one generation below A, and two below E.
Clue 2 says C is the son of B, putting C a generation below B, three below E.
Clue 3 tells us D is the sister of C. Since siblings share the same generation, D is also three generations below E.
Clue 5 confirms F is A's husband, which fixes F as B's father and completes the family structure, though it isn't needed to answer the question.
Therefore the solution to the problem is that E is the great grandfather of D.
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