Amy No. Chr X goes from father to daughter; and from mother to both children. So as I read your chart, segments of the LONG Chr X COULD have passed to you. The females have two Chr X (one from each parent), so they could pass along segments of either or both. In general you got a whole Chr X from your father and one from your mother. Your father got a full Chr X from his mother. His mother had two Chr X (one from each of her parents) and the one Chr X she passed to youR father was a mixture of these two. As an engineer, I find it best to draw the picture - and show the male X passing only to daughters, in tact, and the 2 female X's recombining to pass one to a son or daughter. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Jul 9, 2012, at 8:51 AM, Amy Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an atDNA match with a male ‘cousin’ with the surname LONG. This is the surname of my father’s maternal grandmother. My LONG cousin is at least 4 generations upstream from my Ggrandmother LONG, making him my 6th cousin (according to our paper trail). The FT DNA Lab estimated a 3-5th cousin relationship. This LONG cousin and I also share X-DNA. Does this mean we are connected in another way OTHER THAN through his paternal LONG line? My genetic line is: Me (female)>my Father>his mother>her mother (LONG)>her father(LONG)….and here the X DNA would be broken, right?? > >