A man looks at a photo. His friend asks who it is. He says: “Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the photo?

Q: A man looks at a photo. His friend asks who it is. He says: “Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the photo?

His son.. “My father’s son” — since he has no siblings — is himself. So “this man’s father” is him — making the man in the photo his son.

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His son. — “My father’s son” — since he has no siblings — is himself. So “this man’s father” is him — making the man in the photo his son.