This vignette demonstrates analytic methods for determining
relatedness in a pedigree. The relatedness coefficient is a measure of
the genetic overlap between two individuals. In the simplest terms, it
quantifies the genetic overlap between two individuals. The relatedness
coefficient ranges from 0 to 1, with 1 indicating a perfect genetic
match (which occurs when comparing an individual to themselves, their
identical twin, or their clone), whereas 0 indicates no genetic overlap.
We introduce two functions: calculateRelatedness
and
inferRelatedness
, which allow users to compute and infer
the relatedness coefficient, respectively.