Blood Relations Shortcut

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Items to Memorize

  1. Direct relations (father, mother, son, daughter)
  2. Extended relations (uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, niece)
  3. Generation counting (grandparent → parent → self → child)
  4. Gender identification from clues
  5. Coded blood relations (symbols)
  6. 'Only son/daughter' constraints

Mnemonic Tricks

Shortcut Method

GENERATION-GENDER-DRAW: Identify generation level, mark gender, draw the tree from the known relationship.

How It Maps

Cue Maps To
Father/Mother of Go UP one generation level
Son/Daughter of Go DOWN one generation level
Brother/Sister of SAME level, same parents
Husband/Wife of SAME level, use = sign to connect
Uncle/Aunt Parent's sibling — same level as parent

Why It Sticks

A visual tree makes impossible-sounding chains like 'father's mother's daughter's son' trivially easy — just follow the arrows.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to handle 'only son/daughter' clues?

'Only son' means no brothers (can have sisters). 'Only child' means no siblings at all. These limit family tree branches.

What about coded blood relations?

First decode the symbols (e.g., A + B means A is father of B), then draw the tree as normal.