A Mixed Pedigree
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Joseph Bloggs: "I can't follow it, my dear boy. It makes me dizzy!"
John Snoggs: "It's very simple. Listen again! You happen to be my father's brother-in-law, my brother's father-in-law, and also my father-in-law's brother. You see, my father was--"
But Mr. Bloggs refused to hear any more. Can the reader show how this extraordinary triple relationship might have come about?
Solution
Commit an attempt to unseal the proof. Write your answer — right or wrong, thinking it through is the point.
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