are we technically more related to our mothers than our fathers due to mitochondrial DNA inheritance?

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I know I have half of my actual DNA from each of my parents but I got 100% of my mitochondrial DNA from my mother. Does this mean I’m more genetically similar to my mother?

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Technically yes but in terms of your phenotype, that mostly comes from your nuclear DNA so you’re not going to resemble your mom more than your dad because of this.

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