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Family tree

Read a short text about a German family and work out who is who in the family tree.

ExerciseWer ist wer?

Read the text and write the right name under each person in the family tree. Some names only fall into place once you reach the end.

Paul hat eine Cousine. Sie heißt Lisa. Lisa hat einen Bruder: Felix. Der Vater von Felix heißt Frank, und seine Mutter heißt Katrin. Katrin hat einen Bruder, Michael. Michael ist der Vater von Paul. Pauls Schwester heißt Sophie, und ihre Mutter heißt Julia. Ursula ist die Oma von Paul, Sophie, Lisa und Felix. Ihr Mann heißt Karl.

Family tree with ten people and no names: a grandfather and grandmother; their son and his wife with a boy and a girl; their daughter and her husband with a girl and a boy.

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