Letter to SAF
Dear Minister of Defence, Please allow me to explain my situation in a hope that you will be able to resolve my case. I am expecting to get the call to serve in the Singapore Arms Forces.
I am 23 and I married a 47 year old widow who has a 26 year old daughter. Her daughter subsequently married my father. By marrying my wife’s daughter, my father became my son-in-law. In the same time, my wife is a mother-in-law of my father, and her daughter is now also my stepmother. In September my wife and I had a son. Clearly this child is a brother of my father’s wife, and thus a brother-in-law of my father. In the same time, my son is also my uncle because he is a brother of my stepmother In October my father’s wife had a son as well. This child is now also my brother because he is a son of my father. But I am the step-father of my wife’s daughter and also a brother of her son whose father is also my father. Thus, my father’s son is also my step-grand son because he is a son of my wife’s daughter. Consequently, I am a brother of my own step-grandson, so I am also my own step-grandfather.
However, according to the law, not more then two consecutive generations of fathers and sons (grand-father, father, son) can be called for military duty simultaneously, so I should be relieved from the military duty. Thank you for your understanding.