Blood Relationship
Blood Relationship
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1. Def inition: A person who is related to another
by birth rather than by marriage is known as blood
relations.
2. . A relation on the mother’s side is called
‘maternal’ while that on the father’s side is called
as ‘paternal’.
Steps to be followed to draw a family tree. If you and your siblings have spouses or children,
Write your name: The place where you write your write them as well. Spouses' names are written
name is the beginning of the tree. If you write it at directly next to their partners, and the children's
the bottom of the page, the branches will protrude names are written below their parents' names. You
upward. You could write it at the top of the page can draw lines connecting parents to their children
and have the rest low downward,or write it on if you'd like.
one side of the page and have the treebloom out in
Write in your aunts and uncles, cousins and
the other direction.
grandparents. This is where the tree begins to split
off into branches. On your father's side of the tree,
write in his siblings' names, their spouses, and their
children (your irst cousins).
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Write your father's parents' names on the next level, with a line extending from them to each of their
children. Do the same on your mother's side of the tree, including all the members of your extended
family on that side.
Include more generations. Continue adding the names of your great aunts and uncles and their spouses and
children, your great grandparents, and so on until you've illed in as much of the family tree as you want.
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Activtity: Example1: Pointing to a photograph, Rekhasays
to Lalli, "The girl in the photo is the second daughter
of the wife of only son of the grandmother of my
younger sister." How this girl of photograph is
Who is it? related to Rekha?
Solution: First Method - By Generating Charts:
Mother’s or Father’s Son
Son’s wife
Daughter’s husband
Brother’s son
Brother’s daughter
Sister’s husband
Brother’s Wife
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Second method: CONCEPT-:3 CODED RELATIONS
Grandmother of younger sister of Rekha → In this section the relationship are represented
Grandmother of Rekha by certain specific codes or symbols such as +._
$,*,&,#,@,!, etc.
Wife of only son of grandmother → Mother
of Rekha Example: 3
Younger daughter of the mother → Younger If A + B means A is the mother of B; A x B means A is
sister.
the father of B; A $ B means A is the brother of B and
Note: While solving the question (+) can be A @ B means A is the sister of B then which of
used for male and (-) can be used for female. the following means P is the son of Q?
(A) A) Q + R @ P @ N (B) Q + R * P
(D) C) Q x R $ P
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EASY – EXERCISE
1. Pointing to a photograph, a man
said, “I have no brother or sister but 6. How is Gaurav’s wife related to
that man’s father is my father’s son.” Tanya?
Whose photograph was it?
A. Niece C. Sister
A. His own C. His father’s
B. Mother D. Sister-in-law
B. His son’s D. None of these
A. P + N * M * Q C. Q * N * M + P
A. Grandson C. Son-in-law
B. Son D. Nephew B. Q β M β N * P D. none of
these
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Observe the following relation and 12. (i) In a family of six persons A, B,
answer the questions given below. C, D, E and F, there are two married
couples.
M % N means M is the son of N.
(ii) D is grandmother of A and
M @ N means M is the sister of N.
mother of B.
M $ N means M is the father of N.
(iii) C is wife of B and mother of F.
9. Which of the following shows the (iv) F is the grand daughter of E.
relation that C is the granddaughter of How many male members are there
E? in the family ?
A. C % B $ F $ E C. B $ F $ E % C A. Two
B. C @ B % F % E D. E % B $ F $ C B. Three
C. Four
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15. A + B means A is the daughter of 18. What is the position of A with
B ; A x B means A is the son of B and respect to his grandchild?
A - B means A is the wife of B. If T - S
x B - M, which of the following is A. Immediate right
not true ? B. Third to the right
A. B is the mother of S C. Third to the left
B. M is husband of B D. Second to the left
C. T is wife of S
D. S is daughter of B 19. Four of the following five are
16. Rajan is the brother of Sachin alike in a certain way based on the
and Manick is the father of Rajan. given information and so form a
Jagat is the brother of Priya and group. Which is the one that does
Priya is the daughter of Sachin.Who not belong to that group?
is the uncle of Jagat ? A. F
A. Rajan C. Manick B. C
B. Sachin D. None of these
C. E
A. F5M3K E. T is granddaughter of M
1. One vening, Shivangi started and walks 4 km. And then he goes
to walk toward the Sun. After back 10 km straight. Now in which
walking a while, she turned to direction is he from the starting
her right and again to her right. place?
A. 3 km B. 2 km C. 1 km A. East B. South
D. 6 km C. Southwest D. Southeast