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FEATURE - CAN DNA PROVE IT?

Female Kinship probable Female Kinship probable

Female Kinship - Provable

All babies inherit a copy of their mom’s mtDNA, but not their Dad’s; males can’t hand down their mtDNA. But male or female, any two people with matching mtDNA are descended from a shared maternal ancestor.

common ancestor | grandparent kinship |sibling-ship