Turns Out Mitochondria Can Come From Fathers Too (popularmechanics.com)

schwit1 shares a report from Popular Mechanics: We all know: The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. But the mitochondria is much more than a simple power plant. It's also a unique source of DNA that can give us important clues to our species and our history. That's because the DNA in your mitochondria comes only from your mother. At least, that's what we believed. But new research suggests that in some cases, mitochondrial DNA can be inherited from fathers, too. A group of researchers found three unrelated families where individuals had mitochondrial DNA from both parents. A total of 17 people across these three families were affected, suggesting that mitochondria aren't as exclusively maternal as scientists believed.

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[Wheaty13]

The article is making suggestions while leaving out important information to try to make it seem like this could be common when the data does not support that conclusion.

I believe a better source can be found on Blaine Bettinger's blog https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2018/11/26/can-mtdna-really-come-dad/

Which includes the following:

"What is missed from the media coverage, however, is that these families were identified because member(s) were presenting with conditions that made the researchers suspect a mitochondrial disorder."

"Indeed, the paper discusses this single case, and emphasizes that many attempts in the ensuing 16 years to identify biparental mtDNA inheritance were unsuccessful:"

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[Can'tNot]

No, "may" is correct. Never assume that a popular-science article about a single research paper is the end of the story.