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Can men get an mtDNA report?

Yes — everyone inherits mtDNA from their mother, so men get a full report too. They just don’t pass it on.

Yes. Everyone inherits mtDNA from their mother, so men and women alike carry it and both get a full report. The one difference is that only mothers pass mtDNA on to the next generation — so a man’s mtDNA reflects his own maternal line, but he won’t transmit it to his children.

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