Pointing to the photograph of a boy, Vinod said, “His father's mother, Sushma, is my wife's sister's mother”. How is Sushma related to Vinod?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Mother-in-law
Vinod’s sentence is read from the end, one relation at a time:
“My wife’s sister’s mother”: two sisters have the same mother, so the mother of Vinod’s wife’s sister is the mother of Vinod’s wife herself.
That person is Sushma, so Sushma is the mother of Vinod’s wife.
“His father’s mother, Sushma” only places the boy in the family: his father is Sushma’s son, the brother of Vinod’s wife.
The mother of one’s wife is one’s mother-in-law.
