Draw out the pedigree and give the probability

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assume hairy kneecap (hk) is autosomal and recesive. A women has a sister with hairy kneecaps. Neither she nor the rest ofher family have hairy kneecaps. The man has normal kneecaps, one grandparent has hairy knee caps. Draw out the pedigree and give the probability that a couple will have a first child with hairy kneecaps.

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