Blood relation

Blood relation often relates to a family’s hierarchical structure to the hierarchical structure of a family, such as grandparents and offspring, etc. There will be various ties between the family members of various generations. By arranging the numerous ties, the full family tree must be constructed to answer questions about blood relations.

Typical relationships in blood relations:

• Father’s or Mother’s father = Grandfather
• Father’s or Mother’s mother = Grandmother
• Father’s or Mother’s brother = Uncle
• Father’s or Mother’s sister = Aunt
• Son’s wife = Daughter-in-law
• Daughter’s Husband = Son-in-law
• Sister’s Husband = Brother-in-law
• Brother’s wife = Sister-in-law
• Husband’s or wife’s sister = Sister-in-law
• Husband’s or wife’s Brother Brother-in-law
• Father’s or Mother’s son = Brother
• Father’s or Mother’s daughter = Sister
• Brother’s or Sister’s Son = Nephew
• Brother’s or Sister’s Daughter = Niece
• Son or daughter of an uncle or an aunt = Cousin
   

Symbols used in blood relations:

In this chapter, a few common symbols represent connections between family members to create a blood relation tree. To quickly and properly construct the family tree, you can develop your symbol or use one of the ones shown in the figure below.

There are three types of blood-related questions seen in exams:

• Family tree or chart: It uses a family tree or family chart to show the connection between two different family members.
• Coded relationship: Specific characters and symbols are employed when establishing a relationship between people. Numerous symbols and characters, including #, $, @, *,  >, !, etc are used. Further, you will three types of questions in this section:
  • Find a relationship
  • Create code by using the given relationship
  • Insert the correct symbol
• Pointing: In these kinds of questions, someone introduces or points to any member by visual or verbal pointing.

The illustrations below will help you understand these three types of questions. 

Points to remember while solving the questions of blood relation:

• Always strive to create a family tree with symbols that are simple for you to comprehend. After then, try to respond to the query.
• Identifying the males and females in the question is the first step in building a family tree. Next, try to place each member in an appropriate spot on the tree or chart.