Lateral Thinking Puzzles

13. Two Sons and Two Fathers Are on a Fishing Trip. on the Way

two sons and two fathers are on a fishing trip. On the way home, they are in an accident and one of them dies. Now there are only two of them alive. How is this possible?

Submitted by tartle · Added 20 November 2009

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There are three individuals: a grandfather, his son, and his grandson. The grandfather and the father represent the two fathers, while the father and the grandson represent the two sons. When one of them dies, only two remain alive: the grandfather and the grandson.

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Comments (4)

Callyst 14 December 2009

is one of them both a father and a son?

EDWARD de BONO 8 April 2010

there are only people

grand father,father,son

ashta27 20 February 2014

Clear explanation.
Three people A B C.
A is the father of B.
B is the father of C.
So we have two fathers and two sons in just three people.

epicanna27 29 January 2016

By "them" you never specified if it was either a father or son. So if a father died, that would leave two sons and so two of "them". If a son died, two fathers would be alive and there would still be two of "them".

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