Journal of Forensic Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 283-287.DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2023.530109

Special Issue: 法医学亲子和亲缘关系鉴定专题

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Calculation of Likelihood Ratios for Incest Cases Using IBD Patterns

De-jian LÜ()   

  1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Zhongshan Medical School of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510089, China
  • Received:2023-01-31 Online:2023-07-10 Published:2023-06-25

Abstract:

Objective To calculate the likelihood ratios of incest cases using identity by descent (IBD) patterns. Methods The unique IBD pattern was formed by denoting the alleles from the members in a pedigree with a same digital. The probability of each IBD pattern was obtained by multiplying the prior probability by the frequency of non-IBD alleles. The pedigree likelihoods of incest cases under different hypotheses were obtained by summing all IBD pattern probabilities, and the likelihood ratio(LR) was calculated by comparing the likelihoods of different pedigrees. Results The IBD patterns and the formulae of calculating LR for father-daughter incest and brother-sister incest were obtained. Conclusion The calculations of LR for incest cases were illustrated based on IBD patterns.

Key words: forensic genetics, incest cases, identity by descent, likelihood ratio, father daughter relationship, full sibling

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