The program will ask if there are any loops in the pedigree. Loops refers to consanguinity loops. To have the program select probands automatically, answer yes. Now you can recode your data so that it can be analyzed. You will use the recode.dat later to create the linkage parameter file, datain.dat.
User input is in boldface.
At the user prompt, type recode . The program will ask you if there is a disease locus. Type y for yes. Specify the number of liability classes. If no liability column, enter 0.