Understanding Blood Relations for Relationship Questions

Understanding Blood Relations for Relationship Questions

Questions on Blood Relations focus on testing the ability of a student to identify different family relationships. It is very important that one has a clear understanding of various terms used to describe family relationships. The test-taker is expected to work out a relationship between people from the information given in the question.

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Typical terms used in Blood Relations

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The relations can be classified in the following way:

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Classification according to generation

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1st Generation

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Grandfather, Grandmother

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2nd Generation

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Mother, Father, Uncle, Aunt

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3rd Generation

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Self, Sister, Brother, Sister-in-law, Brother-in-law, Cousin

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4th Generation

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Son, Daughter, Nephew, Niece

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5th Generation

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Grandson, Granddaughter

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Additionally, all relatives on one’s father’s side are paternal relatives and all relatives on one’s mother’s side are maternal relatives.

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Typical blood relations questions

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The relationship between two people is given through a roundabout route, relating them to other people. One has to go through a series of relationships between the two people in the question. The relationships can just be as a simple statement or as a statement made by another person.

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Certain codes are used to describe different relationships and then a “statement” is given relating people using these codes. On the basis of the interpretation of the codes, the relationship between the people should be established.

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