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Relationships

By Asilata Bapat, Don Laackman and Zach Abel

Answer: PETUNIA

The first person listed is always a character from a fictional universe, and there is a unique best-known person in that fictional universe who can be described by the list of relationships given: you then index into that person's name by the number of steps it took to reach them. So:

  • In LOTR, Faramir marries Eowyn, whose uncle is T[h]eoden.
  • In Star Wars, Chewbacca's best friend is Han Solo, who marries Leia, whose brother is Luke, whose shortest teacher was Yod[a].
  • In The Simpsons, Krusty the Clown's former partner is Sideshow Bob, whose nemesis is Bart, whose best friend is Milhouse, whose crush is Lisa, whose father is Home[r].
  • In ASOIAF, Brynden Tully's niece is Catelyn, whose daughter is Sansa, who marries Ty[r]ion.
  • In The Flinstones, Dino is owned by Fred, who is married to Wilma, whose best friend is Betty, who is married to Barney, whose pet is named Hopp[y].
  • In the DC Universe, Lex Luthor's nemesis is Superman; "Superman's Pal" is Jimmy Olsen; Jimmy's boss is Perry White, and Perry's best employee is Loi[s].
  • In Les Miserables, Marius marries Cosette, whose mother is F[a]ntine.
  • In Greek mythology, Hades is married to Persephone who is the daughter of Demeter, whose sister is Hera, whose husband is Zeus, whose father is Cron[u]s.
  • In Arrested Development, George Michael's dad is Michael, whose brother is Buster, whose biological father is Oscar, whose brother is George, whose wife is Lucille, whose adopted son is Annyo[n]g.
  • In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Roku is reincarnated as Aang, who spends time with Sokka, whose sister is Ka[t]ara.
  • So reading down the indexed letters, this gives you Harry's Aunt, which is Petunia.