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INBREEDING, LINE BREEDING
This is a layman's introduction to inbreeding, line breeding
max=12½%
fred=25%
judy 
puppy=25% inbred
max=12½%
terri25%
 ruth

 

This is a half brother/half sister mating 
resulting in a coefficient of the grandfather of 25%.(Max)
The way to calculate inbreeding is quite simple but only statistical and what you are figuring is the probability of sharing the same genes as a specific ancestor in a homozygous state. You can only calculate the inbreeding to one individual at a time.
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