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Appendix D: Kinship Simplification Table

Simplifications that are applied in all Searches:

Kinship Term Male/Female/Both Simplified Kinship term
BB B B
BZ B Z
DB B S
DZ B D
SB B S
ZB B B
ZZ B Z

Simplifications that are applied when the user requests algorithmic:

Kinship Term Male/Female/Both Simplified Kinship term
BDF B B
BDM B BW
BF B F
BM B M
BSF B B
BSM B BW
DDF B DH
DDM B D
DF F H
DF M -
DM F -
DM M W
DSF B DH
DSM B D
FBF B FF
FD F Z
FD M Z
FDF B F
FDM B M
FFD B FZ
FFS B FB
FS F B
FS M B
FSF B F
FSM B M
FW B M
FZF B FF
HD F D
HDF F H
HDM F -
HS F S
HSF F H
HSM F -
HW F -
MD F Z
MD M Z
MDF B F
MDM B M
MH B F
MS F B
MS M B
MSF B F
MSM B M
SDF B S
SDM B SW
SF F H
SF M -
SM F -
SM M W
SSF B S
SSM B SW
SZ B D
WD M D
WDF M -
WDM M W
WH M -
WS M S
WSF M -
WSM M W
ZDF B ZH
ZDM B Z
ZF B F
ZM B M
ZSF B ZH
ZSM B Z