Function to prepare the pedigree for summarization This function prepares the pedigree for summarization by ensuring that the necessary IDs are present and that the pedigree is built correctly.

Function to prepare the pedigree for summarization This function prepares the pedigree for summarization by ensuring that the necessary IDs are present and that the pedigree is built correctly.

Usage

prepSummarizePedigrees(
  ped,
  type,
  verbose = FALSE,
  famID,
  personID,
  momID,
  dadID,
  matID,
  patID
)

Arguments

ped

a pedigree dataset. Needs ID, momID, and dadID columns

type

Character vector. Specifies which summaries to compute. Options: `"fathers"`, `"mothers"`, `"families"`. Default includes all three.

verbose

Logical, if TRUE, print progress messages.

famID

character. Name of the column to be created in ped for the family ID variable

personID

character. Name of the column in ped for the person ID variable

momID

character. Name of the column in ped for the mother ID variable

dadID

character. Name of the column in ped for the father ID variable

matID

Character. Maternal line ID variable to be created and added to the pedigree

patID

Character. Paternal line ID variable to be created and added to the pedigree