(Q) 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?
(A) Let's say that the man looking at the photograph is named Dan. Dan has a father, named Tom. Dan's grandfather and Tom's father is named John. The riddle says that Dan is the one looking at the photo, so "my" represents Dan. By starting at the end of the riddle, we can figure it out. "My father's son" actually means "Dan's father's son" which means Dan, because he is his father's son. The riddle also says "that man's father". "That man" represents the person in the photo. If Dan and the man in the photo have the same photo, "that man's father is my father", then the man in the photo is Dan himself!
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I don't understand your explanation, or, the answer you describe is not correct. Please make sure your answer is correct, and make a good explanation that anyone could follow.
I was following along until "If Dan and the man in the photo have the same photo"?
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