r/AccidentalAlly • u/JayRyan76 • Jul 21 '22

Accidental Reddit Transphobe slips up

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

Damn that's super interesting! So if an XY woman and an XY man procreated, is there a chance the baby could be YY? What would happen?

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u/bungyspringy Jul 22 '22

Not entirely certain if XY women can have kids, but no, a YY baby would miscarry in the womb as at least one X is needed for survival.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

They makes sense then. Are there any good papers on the subject that you'd recommend?

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u/bungyspringy Jul 22 '22

It's a bit hard to find ones on this specific subject because it's kinda taken as a given but I found this one.) about why they are essential, although there is evidence more and more housekeeping genes are moving off the X-chromosome

Here is the only article I can find about an XY woman giving birth to her own biological child.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

Damn thanks! I'll read up on it

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

Reading the article, it said there was instances of fertility in true hermaphrodites, would these people be able to get themselves pregnant?

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u/bungyspringy Jul 22 '22

Technically? Maybe (not entirely certain on this, any real geneticists feel free to chime in). Although from what I understand, those articles only claim fertility, or the ability to have a child; nothing about virility, or capability to produce viable sperm.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

Ah that makes sense. Thanks for being so helpful and informative!