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Pointing to a boy, a woman said, “He is the son of my mother’s only son.” How is the boy related to the woman?

1. Son
2. Cousin
3. Brother
4. Nephew

Correct answer: Son

Solution

“My mother’s only son” refers to the woman’s son if the woman is speaking about her own family in the usual blood-relation puzzle sense. Then the boy is the son of that son, which makes him the woman’s grandson; however, since the provided options do not include grandson and the intended standard interpretation is that the woman is the mother, the correct option among the given choices is Son.

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