Pointing to a man, a woman said, 'His mother is the only daughter of my mother.' How is the woman related to the man?
Explanation
Let the speaking woman be W. She says the man's mother is 'the only daughter of my mother.' W is herself a daughter of her mother. Therefore the pointed man's mother is W, meaning the woman is his Mother. None of these is wrong because Mother is explicitly available and fully supported. Sister is wrong because the woman is not in the man's generation; she is identified as his parent. Aunt is wrong because an aunt would be a sister of one of his parents, whereas the statement equates the woman herself with his mother. The chain is: W's mother → her only daughter = W → that daughter's son = the pointed man. Reversing the final link shows that the man is W's son. The limiting word 'only' prevents introducing another daughter, so the relationship is unambiguously Mother.