[WSBAPT] Title question

[Lisa Schuchman]

My clients, a married couple, took title to property with their daughter and her husband.  Here is how the deed describes the grantees:

"Jane Doe and John Doe, wife and husband, and Alice Smith and Bob Smith, wife and husband, as joint tenants with right of survivorship."

Do we think this is two joint tenants (two couples) or four (four individuals)?  If four, how can we describe it so it is two?

Thanks.

Lisa E. Schuchman
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