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I had my DNA done and a person popped up that I never heard of ..The total Autosomal 116.4, the largest cM is 50.3 But where I am stuck is on the X-DNA with the cM being 15.1.
Does the X-DNA match indicate we are related from the mother (maternal side)?
The Gedmatch kit in question Shirley R. (F) A573596 and THE OTHER KIT IS Debbie A. A344526...
We are trying to determine where we should began to look. All of our parents are deceased.
You've indicated that both people are females.
Females get two X chromosomes: one from their mother and one from their father.
Males have one X chromosome, which they get from their mother.
So that X chromosome segment could have come from your mother's sides or from your father's mother's side, but not on your father's father's side.
That logic can also be carried back to further generations which could eliminate some ancestors from the ones who could have passed down that X segment.
However, X segments tend to be passed down more generations than other segments because males get the full chromosome from their mother. Therefore (as George Gaál pointed out in the comments), the X may come from a different ancestor than the majority of the other autosomal segments came from.
