OregonBR - 2017-03-01 10:07 AM The only way to "match" the MtDNA is to get an egg from the same female family to use for the shell of the egg. MtDNA comes from the egg shell and is only passed from the tail female family through females. AQHA's DNA test to prove parentage is unable to determine the difference between a clone and his original. There is testing that can tell the difference between them but not the one AQHA uses. Once a foal is produced using the semen from the clone or the original there is no test to tell the difference because the MtDNA is lost. This is not the case with female clones. They will pass on their MtDNA to all their foals. That's also a problem because that MtDNA is important genetic material that when a clone is made may have come from any type of mare. Since the cloning industry gets their material for the eggs from slaughter mares, who knows what they are.