54.--A FAMILY PARTY.

A certain family party consisted of 1 grandfather, 1 grandmother, 2

fathers, 2 mothers, 4 children, 3 grandchildren, 1 brother, 2 sisters, 2

sons, 2 daughters, 1 father-in-law, 1 mother-in-law, and 1

daughter-in-law. Twenty-three people, you will say. No; there were only

seven persons present. Can you show how this might be?

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