findParent: This function will look through a pedigree data.frame and...
In rSHAPE: Simulated Haploid Asexual Population Evolution

This function will look through a pedigree data.frame and recursively continue building that back through the history of the SHAPE run being processed.

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findParent(func_focalGenotype, func_startStep, func_stepMatrix,
  func_progenitorList, func_demoArray, func_pedigreeAll,
  func_lineString = getOption("shape_string_lineDescent"))

`func_focalGenotype`	a vector of genotype IDs whose lineage you wish to identify.
`func_startStep`	this is the first step in the SHAPE run from which you wish to consider re-tracing the lineage.
`func_stepMatrix`	this is the matrix that represent what happened at each step in the SHAPE run.
`func_progenitorList`	this is a list of the known progenitor(s) for our func_focalGenotypes
`func_demoArray`	this is the whole array of step-wise SHAPE records for population demographics and feeds func_stepMatrix.
`func_pedigreeAll`	this is a data.frame which contains all currently known pedigree information and informs our step-wise focus.
`func_lineString`	this is the string that will be used to collapse the vector of progenitor genotype's into a single charater string. This collapse is done as a convenience for storage and retrieval.