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A man introduces a girl as the daughter of the sister of his father. How is the girl related to the man?

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Work from the inside out: first fix the immediate relative (here, father’s sister = aunt), then apply the next link (aunt’s daughter = cousin).
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Daughter
  • Niece
  • Grand daughter
  • Cousin
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The Correct Option is D

Approach Solution - 1

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
Family relationship questions are easiest to solve by assigning short placeholder labels to each person mentioned and linking them one step at a time.

Step 2: Key Formula or Approach:
Label the man as M, his father as F, F's sister as A, and the girl as G, since she is A's daughter. Then trace how A and G connect back to M.

Step 3: Detailed Explanation:
F's sister, A, is M's paternal aunt.
G is A's daughter, so G is one generation below A, the same generation as M.
A and F (M's father) are brother and sister, so A's children and F's children share the same grandparents.
That makes G and M children of siblings, which is the standard definition of cousins.

Step 4: Final Answer:
The girl, G, is the man's cousin.
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Approach Solution -2

Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
Two people are cousins, in the standard sense, when their nearest shared ancestor is a grandparent, not a parent, and they belong to the same generation.

Step 2: Key Formula or Approach:
Trace the girl's line and the man's line backward until they meet at a common ancestor, and note how many generations up that meeting point is for each of them.

Step 3: Detailed Explanation:
The man's line goes: man, then his father, then his father's parents (the man's grandparents).
The girl's line goes: girl, then her mother (the father's sister), then her mother's parents, who are the same grandparents as the man's, since the father and his sister share their own parents.
So the nearest ancestor shared by both the man and the girl is this grandparent pair, exactly two generations up from each of them. Since their nearest common ancestor is a grandparent rather than a parent, and both sit at the same generation level, this matches the definition of cousins rather than niece, daughter, or granddaughter.

Step 4: Final Answer:
The girl is the man's cousin.
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