Hiding Confusion

[Tad Carlucci]

I have no idea what the previous discussion said .. but, if I saw a pedigree such as the one in the attachment above, I'd *run away* as fast as possible. It looks to me that the 100% guarantee should be that Lynx can NOT appear.

For the claim of 100% true to be true, either

* the Black/Silver on the box came from the Father (meaning he's Siamese Blue, HIDING Black/Silver and mom is Black/Silver HIDING Lynx); or
* the Lynx came from the Father (meaning he's Siamese Blue, HIDING Lynx)

Given that Lynx and Black/Silver appear on Mom's side, she's Black/Silver HIDING Lynx OR BETTER.
Given that Dad comes from starters, he's Siamese Blue HIDING Siamese Blue OR BETTER.
If the Black/Silver comes from Mom, where we can see it, it is impossible for her hidden Lynx, or better, was passed to the box.

Give just the information shown in the pedigree attachment above, I'd put the odds at exactly 0% (meaning: NO chance at all) that the Lynx trait from Mom's mom appears at all in the offspring claiming to carry the gene.

Perhaps the claim is based upon facts not visible in the pedigree. For instance, if the father can be shown to carry either Black/Silver (making the odds of Lynx, or better, in the box 50%). However, if the father can be shown to carry Lynx, then the 100% guarantee is likely to be true. But, given just what is shown in the pedigree attachment, above, there is no way to verify the claim and it appears unlikely to be correct.