Dear Christof,
YES.
The NRM matrix must incorporate all the individuals with data
as well as the known parents of those individuals.
The NRM is calculated independent of the data, and then associated with it. The association fails if the data contains individuals not in the NRM.
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Arthur Gilmour
Retired Principal Research Scientist (Biometrics)
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