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My grandpa's grandma's dad's daughter's son's mom's grandson's grandson's dad's mom's dad's daughter's grandpa's grandma's dad's daughter's son's mom's grandson's grandson's dad's mom's dad's daughter's granddaughter.

Who is that? I'm new to Puzzling so please forgive me if there are any mistakes.

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    $\begingroup$ With respect to my comment on the accepted answer, this is (unfortunately) another question that has many different possible correct answers so I have voted to close... Please don't be too deterred though - keep creating and looking for little gems to share! $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Oct 8, 2022 at 18:39
  • $\begingroup$ I will continue to create :) $\endgroup$
    – My Car
    Oct 8, 2022 at 22:49

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Let something multiplied by $x$ be one generation above, and something multiplied by $1/x$ be one generation below the current generation. Assume your generation's value is one, or $x^0$. Then the value of the generation of the person mentioned in statement is:

$$(x^2\cdot x^2\cdot x\cdot x^{-1}\cdot x^{-1} \cdot x\cdot x^{-2}\cdot x^{-2} \cdot x\cdot x\cdot x\cdot x^{-1})^2\cdot x^{-2}$$

Which is $x^2$. Since the last word is "granddaughter", and there has been no mention of aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, the answer is probably your grandma.

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  • $\begingroup$ This answer is half right :) $\endgroup$
    – My Car
    Oct 8, 2022 at 9:20
  • $\begingroup$ Gender is wrong :) $\endgroup$
    – My Car
    Oct 8, 2022 at 9:22
  • $\begingroup$ Sorry I was wrong, I edited $\endgroup$
    – My Car
    Oct 8, 2022 at 9:24
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    $\begingroup$ Of course this answer assumes that we stay in the same family line throughout. If the first 'daughter' mentioned is actually the sister of the first 'grandma' (i.e. not the same person) we end up in an entirely different branch of the family, with bucketloads of opportunities to diverge further from the family line used in your answer... This question thus has no unique solution but a large number of different possible answers. $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Oct 8, 2022 at 18:33
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    $\begingroup$ Plus, the calculation of what "level" of the family tree we end up on might be incorrect, for example if cross-generational incest occurred. $\endgroup$
    – bobble
    Oct 8, 2022 at 20:48

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