Family Ties

The puzzle Family Ties was written for the 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt, but it never made it to the hunt. Here’s your chance to solve a puzzle no one has seen before. I wrote the puzzle jointly with Adam Hesterberg. The puzzle is below:

Mathematics professor S. Lee studies genealogy and is interested in the origins of life.

  1. Alexei Mikhailovich Ivanov
  2. Alexei Petrovich Ivanov
  3. Amminadab
  4. Anna of Moscow
  5. Arador
  6. Arahad II
  7. Arassuil
  8. Arathorn I
  9. Arathorn II
  10. Aravorn
  11. Argonui
  12. Asger Thomsen
  13. Caecilia Metella Dalmatica
  14. Egmont
  15. Eldarion
  16. Ellesar
  17. Endeavour
  18. Faustus Cornelius Sulla
  19. Henry Frederick
  20. Hezron
  21. Isaac
  22. Ivan the Great
  23. Ivan the Terrible
  24. Jacob
  25. James I and VI
  26. James V
  27. Jens Knudsen
  28. John Francis
  29. Joseph Patrick
  30. Joseph Patrick
  31. Jørgen Jensen
  32. Judah
  33. Knud Nielsen
  34. Margaret Stuart
  35. Maria Donata
  36. Mary Stuart
  37. Matthew Rauch
  38. Mikhail Ivanovich Ivanov
  39. Niels Møller
  40. Ole Pedersen
  41. Peder Petersen
  42. Peter Jørgensen
  43. Petr Alexeyevich Ivanov
  44. Pharez
  45. Ram
  46. Robert Francis
  47. Rose Elizabeth
  48. Søren Thomsen
  49. Thomas Olsen
  50. Ursula Gertrud
  51. Vasily I of Moscow
  52. Vasily II of Moscow
  53. Vasili III of Russia
  54. Yuri of Uglich
  55. Zerah
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2 Comments

  1. Confused reader:

    So… what’s the question?

  2. tanyakh:

    Confused reader,

    As usual with hunts, this is a puzzle. You need to figure out what to do. The answer is a word or a phrase.

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