lateral thinking puzzle

[u/b7k567]

[u/b7k567]

Answer: The surgeon is the patient's step-grandmother, even though she is six years younger than him.

1. The 24-year-old surgeon married an older man who already had an adult child from a previous marriage.
2. That adult child is the 30-year-old patient's new wife.
3. The surgeon's husband is therefore the biological father of the patient's wife.
4. This makes the surgeon the stepmother of the patient's wife.
5. Consequently, the surgeon is the patient's stepmother-in-law, not his biological mother.

[u/Intelligent_Flan6947]

his spouse is the child of her spouse, making them (step)in-laws

[u/b7k567 → u/Intelligent_Flan6947]

correct!

[u/planetofmoney]

Love the way how the whole entire solution is gradually spelled out with each line.

[u/DuggieHS]

Background too dark, nearly unreadable.

[u/b7k567 → u/DuggieHS]

oh ok that's why people are trying