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Many many years ago when I was twenty three, I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red. My father fell in love with her, and soon the two were wed. This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life. My daughter was my mother, for she was my father's wife. To complicate the matters worse, although it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy. My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad. And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad. For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother To the widow's grown-up daughter who, of course, was my step-mother. Father's wife then had a son, who kept them on the run. And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son. Who is my grandma?
Common Wrong Answers
“My father's wife”
While the speaker mentions his father's wife, the riddle specifically connects the relationship of the wife to the grandmother role, which is not described as just his father's wife.
“The widow's daughter”
The widow's daughter is not the grandmother; she is the wife of the narrator and also his mother, which does not fit the description of being a grandmother.
“The narrator's mother”
The narrator's mother is not his grandmother. The riddle specifically plays on the complexities of relationships, but the narrator's mother cannot also be his grandmother.