• Question: is it possible to be born half female half male without surgery-just natural

    Asked by 362ghtb32 to Dave, Ed, Guido, Hugh, Stef on 16 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Dave Bond

      Dave Bond answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Yes, have a look here

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14459843

      Though it is very rare

    • Photo: Guido Bolognesi

      Guido Bolognesi answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Yep, it is rear but it does happen. They are called hermaphrodite.
      Hermaphrodite are also very common for other animal species (not just human being), like fishes, snails, etc.

    • Photo: Ed Rial

      Ed Rial answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      As discussed, natural, possible, but very rare!

    • Photo: Hugh Harvey

      Hugh Harvey answered on 18 Mar 2015:

      Yes – that’s called a hermaphrodite – and they most often have an abnormal number of sex X and Y chromosomes.

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