1999
Climbing the Family Tree
June 1999


“Climbing the Family Tree,” Friend, June 1999, 35

Climbing the Family Tree

How would each of these family members be related to you? Choose an answer from this list of relationships: aunt, brother, cousin, father, grandfather, great-grandmother, mother, nephew, niece, sister, uncle.

  1. I am your sister’s sister. I am your ____________.

  2. I am your brother’s son. I am your ____________.

  3. I am married to your mother’s mother. I am your ____________.

  4. I am the daughter of your father’s sister. I am your ____________.

  5. I am your father’s father’s mother. I am your ____________.

  6. I am the son of your mother. I am your ____________.

  7. I am one of five girls in a family of seven. Your sister is my mother. I am your ____________.

Answers:

  • (1) sister, (2) nephew, (3) grandfather, (4) cousin, (5) great-grandmother, (6) brother, (7) niece.