News in a Photograph
A man was trying to find his daughter.
One day, he was shown a group photograph and checked the faces in it one by one.
His daughter was nowhere in the photograph.
Yet the man said, "I've finally found you," and wept with joy.
Why?
Let’s unravel your preconceptions, one by one.
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Hint 1
Does someone have to appear in a photograph for it to reveal their whereabouts?
Hint 2
His daughter was not the only family member the man was looking for.
Hint 3
The man found his daughter's mother in the photograph.
Hint 4
In this situation, knowing where the mother was also meant knowing that her daughter was there with her.
Hint 5
How old does someone have to be to be called a "daughter"?
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Answer
His daughter had not yet been born. She was in his wife's womb.
The person the man had found in the group photograph was his wife, whom he had been unable to contact. Although his daughter herself was not visible in the photograph, finding his wife told him where his daughter was, too.
Explanation
The man's wife was pregnant, and they knew that the baby would be a girl.
A disaster had separated the man from his wife, and he had been unable to contact her since. He was searching for both her and the daughter she was carrying.
One day, he was shown a group photograph that had just been taken at an evacuation shelter. As he checked the faces one by one, he spotted his wife among them.
His daughter was still in his wife's womb. Although his daughter herself was not visible in the photograph, the man finally knew where both of them were.
"I've finally found you."
His tears were for both of them: the wife he could see in the photograph and the daughter he could not.
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