in reply to Re: Pairing Riddle (OT)
in thread Pairing Riddle (OT)

Hi LanX, there is another possibility not mentioned in your spoiler: seems to be much easier than originally thought ... but does not involve any graph-theory ...

So long, Rata

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Re^3: Pairing Riddle (OT)
by LanX (Saint) on Apr 27, 2026 at 10:08 UTC
    Thanks, Rata. But I think you missed the requirement in the OP that uncle/aunt by marriage doesn't count.

    > > > "Direct" means blood related, i.e sibling of one parent, not "uncle by marriage".

    In hindsight it becomes clearer why breeding dogs would be a better setting for this puzzle.

    Dogs don't know marriage, divorce and soap operas° ... ;)

    And many breeders rely on incest, restricting them to uncle/aunt relationships would be a "moral" advantage.

    Update

    The trivial solution (of many) if "by marriage" was allowed ...

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    see Wikisyntax for the Monastery

    °)