Riddle
A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who was in the photograph?
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Answer
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Why it works
The trick is the family labels chain until the photo is of you. Father’s son, then son’s father, lands on the same person.
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