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A is the father of B. But B is not the son of A. How’s that possible?

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If A is the father of B, but B is not the son of A, there are two possibilities:

1) B is the daughter of A.

2) A is the "father" of A in a religious sense: A is the priest of the community where B lives, so he is regarded as the "father" of B as well as of any other member of such community.

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