This family riddle is designed to make you count too many brothers.
A woman has 4 daughters, and each daughter has the same brother.
The important word is same. The four daughters do not each have a different brother. They all share one brother.
So the total number of children is:
4 daughters + 1 brother = 5 children.
Therefore, the correct answer is 5.
The common mistake is to imagine four brothers, one for each daughter, which would give eight children. But the wording specifically says the daughters have the same brother, so only one boy is added to the family.
Answer: 5 children.
This is a classic example of how one small word can completely change a counting puzzle.
