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Directions: In a certain society, there are two marriage groups, red and brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of their wives groups; women remain in their own group. Children belong to the same group as their parents. Widowers and divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to more than one person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are forbidden A male born into the brown group may have

  1. An uncle in either group

  2. A brown daughter

  3. A brown son

  4. A son-in-law born into red group
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Explanation

In this marriage system, males alternate groups based on their spouse's group. A male born into brown will marry a red female (no intra-group marriage) and join the red group. His children are red (mother's group). His parents' generation could include both groups through marriage alternation. Through the generational alternation pattern, a brown male could indeed have uncles in both red and brown groups.

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