Do you consider the maternal line or paternal line more important?

[-Scar-]

Depends on the context.
Paternal line is more important when science wants to verify migration and population movements.

[CordedWhelp]

Not sure of a perfect answer to this, but I have a common German surname and am thus associated as “very German” by people I meet. Going by deep maternal, I’m Polish. I think I “identify” with the latter in a way, but I also have a lot of respect for my paternal grandfather. I dig all sides.

[Dark Snyper Lord 666]

Both I determine as equally valid, as in the end i look at dozens of individuals, each one equalling 2 or 3% of my "total" (yes, i am aware that i will not receive dna and features at a simply 50/50% rate from ancestors but...). however of course i am interested in name lines that continue, particularly because i have an extremely rare last name.

[Dark Snyper Lord 666]

Not sure of a perfect answer to this, but I have a common German surname and am thus associated as “very German” by people I meet. Going by deep maternal, I’m Polish. I think I “identify” with the latter in a way, but I also have a lot of respect for my paternal grandfather. I dig all sides.

It's a funny thing, that last name does make who you are so the longest paternal line (up to your father) is in a way the most important. i also have a name that has generated the same phenomenon and have literally had teachers in school attempt to speak german to me out of the blue, at a time when i didn't know almost any.

[Precchia]

People usually look more like their fathers side.

[Universe]

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[PaleoEuropean]

Men are extensions of their forefathers not their foremothers.

[Daco Celtic]

Mama or papa, I love the pasta

[Finnish Swede]

They both contribute around 50% to your genetic make up. Therefore, they are both equally important. You could not come into existence without both.

+1

And not only ''not only come to into existence without both'' ... but both have influenced what kind of person you have grown up/become (personality, identity, morals, values).

Or that's how it should be in family.

[Richmondbread]

Men are extensions of their forefathers not their foremothers.

Not really. I'm nothing like my dad.