Need help determining a load bearing wall (floor, kitchen, interior)

[JoshM830]

I'm trying to figure out if this wall is load bearing because I want to take it down to make my kitchen bigger. The upstairs floor joist runs Parrallel to wall I want to take out. I cut drywall out and the joist is only sitting on wall by 1/2 inch. The floor joist runs from exterior wall to middle interior wall, I wish I knew how to attach pictures.

[JonahWicky]

If the joists run parallel to the wall, it's almost certainly not load bearing,but it could still be carrying some load. Is there anything directly above this wall?

[JoshM830]

The outer second story wall. I'm trying to figure out how to upload pictures. Sorry about that.

[JoshM830]

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[K'ledgeBldr]

Exterior walls are almost always loadbearing. Think about "everything" above that wall- floor, more exterior walls, roof.

Just because the joists for the floor above run parallel doesn't "automatically" make a wall non-loadbearing.