AlpacaKeepAn animal's pedigree is its family tree. To see it, open the animal and go to the Breeding tab. The tree shows the animal plus its ancestors going back three generations.
What the tree shows
Starting from the animal, the pedigree fans out:
- Parents: the sire (father) and dam (mother).
- Grandparents: the parents of each parent.
- Great-grandparents: one more generation back.
That is three generations of ancestors above the animal.
📷 Screenshot: the pedigree tree on the Breeding tab, with the animal on the left and three generations of ancestors fanning out to the right.
Steps
- Animals, then open the animal.
- Choose the Breeding tab.
- Read the tree. Linked animals (tracked or reference) are clickable, so you can jump straight to that ancestor. Typed-in names show as plain text and do not link.
Good to know. A name only links if it is a tracked animal or a reference. A typed-in ancestor is just text. To turn a typed name into a clickable link, add it as a reference. See Linking parents.
About the inbreeding (COI) number
COI stands for Coefficient of Inbreeding. It is one number that tells you how closely related two animals are. Think of it like a measure of how much family overlap a mating would have.
The pedigree tree on screen shows three generations, but the COI calculation can look deeper than that. It uses your farm's pedigree-depth setting, found under Settings, then Farm profile. So the tree you see and the depth the COI math uses can differ.
Tip. To get a useful COI number, link real animals or references as parents instead of typing names. Typed-in ancestors do not count in the math.
Related
- Linking parents: pick an animal or type a name
- Tracked animals, reference animals, and typed-in ancestors
- Understand the inbreeding (COI) number