Donna is the daughter of Donnetta. Donnetta is the granddaughter of Donnetta's sister, Donnita. Donnita has never met Donna. Donnetta is the _______ of Donna's mother.

Found in the Mindstretch Calendar by Terry Stickels

(In reply to Undecidable by TomM)

Although you are correct in saying that there are many possibilities in finding the answer to this problem and that it depends on if Donna is the daughter of Donnetta(1) or Donnetta(2), It is highly more likely that Donnetta(2) is the mother of Donna. If Donnita is the sister of Donnetta(1) it is more likely that she would have never met her great-granddaughter than her own neice. Perhaps she died of old age before metting her, but even if the sisters were moved apart before Donna was born, they would probably have kept in touch and at some point Donnita would have met Donna. I realize this could go either way, I'm just stating that this is the more probable situation because of the generation gap.

Posted by Erin on 2003-01-05 15:36:48