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uh, a few seconds on Google is all that you needed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersexuality

http://www.jax-inter.net/~help/sexdiff.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgen_insensitivity_syndrome

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the father gives a chromosome to the egg- if it is a "y" its a boy. if its an "x" its a girl. the mother can only give an X. so the combination is XX (girl) or XY (boy).

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