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 Solution by ionman)

If Wendy T was correct in saying that Donnetta is the NAME of Donna's mother than how do you account for the statement, "Donnetta is the granddaughter of Donnetta's sister, Donnita."? You certainly cannot be the granddaughter of your own sister. It's illogical unless you mean sister in the non-biological sense. In that case, this problem is extremely misleading because I and others such as TomM assumed that there must be two Donnettas. Perhaps next time you should pay more attention to the details in your problem.

Posted by Erin on 2003-01-06 11:50:58