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kinship2 (version 1.3.1)

kindepth: Compute the depth of each subject in a pedigree

Description

Mark each person as to their depth in a pedigree; 0 for a founder, otherwise depth = 1 + max(father's depth, mother's depth)

Usage

kindepth(id, dad.id, mom.id, align = FALSE)

Arguments

id
Identification code for each individual
dad.id
Id code for the father
mom.id
Id code for the mother
align
If align=T, go one step further and try to make both parents of each child have the same depth. (This is not always possible). It helps the drawing program by lining up pedigrees that "join in the middle" via a marriage.

Value

  • an integer vector containing the depth for each subject

Details

In the case of an inbred pedigree a perfect alignment obeying extra=TRUE may not exist.

See Also

plot.pedigree