Two men met at a bus stop and struck up a conversation. One of them
complained of family problems.
Finally, the other man said, "You think you have family problems?
Listen. A few years ago I met a young widow with a grown-up
daughter, and we got married. Later my father married my
stepdaughter. That made my stepdaughter my stepmother and my father
became my stepson. Also, my wife became mother-in-law of her
father-in-law.
"Then the daughter of my wife, my stepmother, had a son. This boy
was my half-brother because he was my father's son, but he was also
the son of my wife's daughter, which made him my wife's grandson.
That made me the grandfather of my half-brother.
"This was nothing until my wife and I had a son. Now the half-sister
of my son, my stepmother, is also the grandmother. This makes my
father the brother-in-law of my child, whose stepsister is my
father's wife. I'm my stepmother's brother-in-law, my wife is her
own child's aunt, my son is my father's nephew and I'm my own
grandfather. Now - tell me about your family problems."
