Subject: tombstone puzzled solved?
    Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:11:33 -0700   
       

Dear Gloria,
                
                Thanks for your e-mails.  I love puzzles so I have been thinking about the 
tombstone one since you sent.  Actually, I had the whole family trying to solve it.  
Joshua figured it out. 

(Person 1) - a grandmother

She had a son (Person 2) who married a widow  (Person 3) with a son (Person 4, 
from a previous marriage or whatever). 

This couple had a daughter (Person 5 and one of the maidens).

Then Person 1  married the son of Person 3 (no relation whatsoever) and they 
had a daughter (Person 6, and the other maiden).               

You'll see that it fits all categories with no incest. 

Person 4 and 5 are step-sister and brother, and Person 2 ends up the 1/2 brother 
of Person 6.

                        Tchauzinho, Becky 



Here is a second solution.