General Riddles

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn't break the law. How come?
She was walking.

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees. Up, up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
Mountain.

What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute?
His breath.

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

I am pronounced with only one letter but written with three letters. Two different letters are used to write me. My color varies from black, blue, green, brown, grey etc. Who am I?

People use me to keep themselves clean. I get slimmer whenever I do some work. After my workout is over people need water. Who am I?
A bar of soap.

I am a four letter word. I am an animal. You use me to call your dear ones. Who am I?

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