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Originally Posted by bayoab
I'll nail you on the math with only 1 semester of genetics for not taking the worst case scenario which is rare, but possible. We will assume no crossovers or other events that help genetic diversity. Parents = 1/2. (You get 50% of your genes from one parent). Aunts/Uncles=1/2 or less (Parents are identical twins, or even just siblings that by random chance got the same split), Cousin = less than 1/2* (if they get the identical set that you from the parent then it achieves the maximum at 22/46.) If the other set of parents are related in any way, this goes up. *Also, this is by chromosome count. The actual identical gene count can be much higher. There are genes such as eye color where there are only a handful of ways that it can come out genetically.
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I bow down to your worst case scenario. I didn't factor in that the aunt/uncle could be a twin which makes everything go out of whack (cousin=sibling). I should be ashamed.
