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Who is "this man"?

Asked by Strauss (23624points) June 7th, 2009

I heard this riddle when I was young. I have seen it stump a lot of people, and it has launched many discussions. It goes like this:

A man is arrested and put in jail. Another man comes to post his bail. In order to post bail, the jailer asks the second man to identify his relationship with the man in jail. The man replies:

Brothers and sisters I have none,
But this man’s father is my father’s son.

Who is this man?

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