I hope people are not indulging in do-it-yourself imputation of DNA data! Imputed data isn't real data, it's a statistical guess about what the untested SNP's might be. The more SNP's are imputed, the greater the odds that some will be wrong, possibly enough to generate false matches or to mask real matches. Best to stick to the actual evidence rather than to introduce greater uncertainty.
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Originally posted by John McCoy View PostI hope people are not indulging in do-it-yourself imputation of DNA data! Imputed data isn't real data, it's a statistical guess about what the untested SNP's might be. The more SNP's are imputed, the greater the odds that some will be wrong, possibly enough to generate false matches or to mask real matches. Best to stick to the actual evidence rather than to introduce greater uncertainty.
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