A hard logic puzzle
A man looks at a photo and says: Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son. Who is in the photo?
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My father's son, with no brothers, is me.
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His son
Also accepted: son, the man's son, his own son.
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The answer is His son. My father's son, with no brothers, is me.
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