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alleles. In the numerator we will assume that these two people are the bio-
logical parents. In the denominator, however, these are three random people
(so to speak). is formula reduces to something quite dierent.
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is is sometimes referred to as the “parentage calculation.” From the
perspective of the remains, we are trying to establish the parents of the
deceased child.
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e exclusion probability is only used with a rst-degree relationship
(parent and child). Otherwise, we have to use LR calculations comparing
two alternative hypotheses.
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First we require a genetic connection. Oen in times of emotional dis-
tress, unrelated individuals want to oer t ...