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. 2016 Jan 7;98(1):127–148. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.11.022

Table 1.

Comparison of Kinship Coefficient Estimates by Relationship Type from PC-Relate and Model-Based Estimators

Relationship Type Expected PC-Relate RelateAdmix REAP
Parent-offspring 0.2500 0.2505 (0.0023) 0.2503 (0.0007) 0.2452 (0.0038)
Full siblings 0.2500 0.2501 (0.0021) 0.2480 (0.0019) 0.2442 (0.0027)
2nd degree 0.1250 0.1252 (0.0022) 0.1216 (0.0023) 0.1196 (0.0035)
3rd degree 0.0625 0.0626 (0.0020) 0.0581 (0.0024) 0.0572 (0.0030)
4th degree 0.0313 0.0311 (0.0019) 0.0259 (0.0024) 0.0254 (0.0026)
5th degree 0.0156 0.0156 (0.0017) 0.0108 (0.0022) 0.0106 (0.0022)
Unrelated 0.0000 0.0000 (0.0017) 0.0006 (0.0006) −0.0024 (0.0028)

The values presented in the table for each of the estimators are mean (SD) of the estimated kinship coefficients from the simulation setting with outbred pedigrees under population structure II.