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Difficulty: MediumBlood Relations

A photographer is arranging a family for a portrait and asks a woman named Maya about her relationship to a boy named Leo. Maya replies, "His paternal grandfather is the father of my only brother." Based on this statement, what is Maya's relationship to Leo?

Answer: Paternal aunt / Aunt / paternal aunt / aunt

Answer

Paternal aunt
Maya states that Leo's paternal grandfather is the father of her only brother. The father of Maya's brother is Maya's own father. This means Leo's paternal grandfather is Maya's father. Therefore, Leo's father must be the son of Maya's father. Since Maya has only one brother, that brother is Leo's father. Because Maya is a woman and the sister of Leo's father, she is Leo's paternal aunt.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the relationship described as 'the father of my only brother'.
The father of Maya's only brother is Maya's own father.
Siblings share the same father.
2
Equate Leo's paternal grandfather to Maya's father.
Leo's paternal grandfather is Maya's father.
Maya stated that Leo's paternal grandfather is the father of her only brother.
3
Determine who Leo's father is in relation to Maya.
Leo's father must be Maya's only brother.
Since Leo's paternal grandfather is Maya's father, Leo's father must be a son of Maya's father. Maya has only one brother, so he must be Leo's father.
4
Determine Maya's relationship to Leo.
Maya is Leo's paternal aunt.
Maya is explicitly introduced as a woman, making her the sister of Leo's father.

Key Concept

Tracing generational linkages through descriptive statements.
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