HOW MANY ?

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 42, 17 October 1891, Page 498

HOW MANY ?

Beaders who are quick at figures may be interested in a conundrum. • I am now visiting regularly,’ said Doctor Garcelon, ‘ a family composed of the following relatives, all living under one roof : ‘ One great-grandmother, two grandmothers, three mothers, one grandfather, one father, three sons, one greatgrandson, one grandson, six sisters, six daughters, one daughter-in-law, two great aunts, five aunts, one uncle, three brothers, one widow, one stepdaughter, four granddaughters, one great-granddaughter, one great-grandson, two wives, one husband, one grandnephew, one grandniece, four nieces, two nephews. ‘ The question is,’ said the doctor, ‘ how many people are there in the house ?’