• Question: Why were you born a woman?

    Asked by nyancatt to Peta, Hayley on 23 Nov 2011.
    • Photo: Peta Foster

      Peta Foster answered on 23 Nov 2011:

      We were born women because we have two X chromosomes. I believe this is pure chance.

      There was some research a few years ago in scandinavia that suggested that higher mineral levels in the body could make in more likely to have a boy, but i have never heard if it was ever confirmed by additional findings.

      😀

    • Photo: Hayley Smith

      Hayley Smith answered on 23 Nov 2011:

      Yup, it’s all genetics and as Peta says, it’s all luck of the draw – there’s XX and XY so when they are combined there’s a 50% chance of the result being an XX and a 50% chance of the result being an XY
      🙂

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