Dear Benefits Office Manager,

 

My name is Mohammed Reza and I live in Birmingham.

 

Many years ago, I married a widow who had an 18-year-old daughter.

After the wedding, my father, a widower, came to visit and he fell in love with my step-daughter.

 

My father eventually married her and as a result, my step-daughter legally became my step-mother, and my father my son-in-law.

 

My father's wife, also my step-daughter and step-mother, gave birth to a son - who is now my grandchild because I am the husband of my step-daughter's mother.

 

This boy is also my brother, as the son of my father.

As you can see, my wife became a grandmother, because she is the mother of my father's wife.

 

Therefore it appears that I am also my wife's grandchild.

A short time after these events, my wife gave birth to a son, who became my father's brother-in-law, the step-son of my father's wife, and my uncle.

My son is also my step-mother's brother, and through my step-mother, my wife has become a grandmother, and I have become my own grandfather.

 

In light of the above, I would like to know if my son, who is also my uncle, my father's son-in-law, and my step-mother's brother fulfil the requirements for receiving childcare benefits?

 

Sincerely yours,

Mohammed.