One of my brothers-in-law’s son who is a doctor

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One of my brothers-in-law’s son who is a doctor attends to me whenever I am sick.

Is the part is bold correct to mean that I have several brothers-in-law but one of them has a son who is a doctor? If not, how should it be reworded?

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Thanks, 5jj

One of my brothers-in-law’s son who is a doctor attends to me whenever I am sick.
The doctor who
attends me when I am sick is the son of one of my brothers-in-law".

I notice that you use 'attends me' without the 'to' which my sentence has.
I believe it should be 'attends me' without the 'to'. Am I right?

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I used the transitive verb in sense #3 here.
 
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