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I don't know why this is so confusing to you...
offspring are counted according to their mothers
if mary had a different mother, and that other woman was in some other tomb, then mary would have been buried in that other tomb with her mother
if jesus and mary had a daughter instead of a son, it wouldn't matter, because the child would have been buried with the MOTHER (mary) whereever she goes...regardless if mary (and jesus) had a son or daughter.
the DNA expert isn't going to make any ruling based off his findings other than the man (jesus) and woman (mary) are not related by maternal blood. that's as far as his scientific inquiry can go.
a biblical scholar, however, can tell you that it's unlikely for the two to be related paternally (and not maternally) and be in the same tomb because, according to Jewish law, the lineage is counted through the mother.
A jewish woman would be buried with her mother or her husband, not her father.
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