Who are a municipal judge's relatives within the third degree by blood?

• A. father, mother, children, brothers, sisters, grandparents, grandchildren, great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces.
• B. parents and siblings only.
• C. great-aunts and great-uncles only.
• D. spouse and in-laws only.

Answer: (A)

The question tests who counts as relatives by blood within three degrees for a municipal judge. Degrees by blood are traced through the family tree, including both direct lines and collateral relatives up to the specified generation. Within the third degree, this encompasses a broad set of relations: your parents and children, your siblings, your grandparents and grandchildren, your great-grandparents and great-grandchildren, and also your uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces. This full list matches the scope often used in ethical rules to determine proximity of kinship that could affect judicial duties.

Options that only include parents and siblings are too narrow, or that focus on great-aunts/uncles omit other close relatives, or that reference spouses and in-laws (who are not blood relatives) are outside this scope. The comprehensive list—covering the immediate generations and the collateral relations like uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces—best fits the concept of relatives within the third degree by blood.