How is という used in 「男の子の顔は父親より母親ににるという話を聞いた」?


I came across this Japanese sentence:

> 男の子の顔は父親より母親ににるという話を聞いた。

But am not really sure about its meaning in English.

My translation will be "The man heard that his face resembles his mother more
than his father".

But then, I don't quite understand why and how いう話 is being used here. I know
that "どういう意味ですか" means "what does it mean" in English. But I can't seem to
understand how いう is applied in both sentences. Can someone help me here?




という is a very common construction which has many meanings and causes me
endless confusion. But in this case it's straightforward.

という in this context simply means "saying that".

> xxxという話  
>  story/conversation saying that xxx

> I heard a story saying that boys' faces resemble their mother rather than
> their father.

