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A husband and wife had been married for many years, and one day the husband decided to test his wife’s ability to solve a tricky riddle.
He looked at her and presented her with a puzzling situation that seemed simple at first but became more confusing the longer she thought about it.
The riddle was designed to make you question the meaning of the words rather than simply follow the obvious interpretation.
The Riddle
A man was looking at a photograph.
Someone asked him:
“Who is the person in the picture?”
The man replied:
“Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.”
So, who is the person in the photograph?
Take a moment before looking at the answer.
It sounds complicated, but the key is hidden in one sentence.
Can You Figure It Out?
Start with the statement:
“I have no brothers or sisters.”
That means the man’s father’s son can only be the man himself.
Now return to the second part: