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KLINK: Kinship analysis with linked markers

KLINK is an R package and Shiny app for LR calculations in forensic kinship testing, with support for pairwise linked STR markers. It is built on pedsuite, with a dedicated KLINK homepage.

For details, see the paper KLINK: A program for kinship testing with pairwise linked STR markers (Vigeland and Gilfillan, 2026, Forensic Science International: Genetics).

Try the online app: https://magnusdv.shinyapps.io/klink/

Running KLINK locally

If you are working with sensitive data, you might want to run KLINK locally/offline. To set this up, first install the KLINK package in R:

install.packages("KLINK")

Then you may start KLINK as follows:

KLINK::launchApp()

These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.
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