Can a human being have two reproductive systems? Can a person become a mother first and then a father? Can a person have two ‘sex hormones’? These questions may surprise you, but this has really happened. The matter is related to China, where a woman became a mother from her first marriage and later became a father after giving birth to a child from her second marriage. After the matter came to light, it has become a topic of discussion.
A 59-year-old woman from southwestern China has a rare disease of having two reproductive systems. According to a report, the woman has done two different marriages. The first from a man and the second from a woman. He has two children from both marriages. The first child calls her mother and the second child calls her father. Whereas in official documents she has been identified as a woman.
What is the whole matter?
Liu, a woman from Bishan County, China, used to wear short hair and men’s clothes since childhood. When she turned 18, she got married to a man named Tang. Within a year, Liu gave birth to a son. However, his life took a turn when many changes started taking place in Liu’s body. Due to the sudden increase in androgenic hormones, Liu’s beard began to grow and the size of her breasts decreased, and she even began to develop male reproductive organs. Due to this change in Liu, Tang divorced her and started living separately with his son.
Liu married for the second time
After the divorce, Liu started a new life and started working in a shoe factory. He was attracted to a female colleague named Zhou who worked here. However, Liu’s official documents identify her as a woman, which prevented her from marrying Zhou because same-sex marriage is illegal in China. After which she turned to her first husband Tang. After a consensus, she got her first husband Tang married to Zhou. The condition of this marriage was that Liu and Zhou would live together. A few days later, Zhou became pregnant and gave birth to a child. Now Liu has two sons. Tang’s son calls Liu mother, while Zhou’s son calls him father.
Rare of the rarest case
Generally men and women have different chromosomes. Men have XY chromosomes and women have XX chromosomes. However, such a case is quite rare, which is one in a million. According to the information, in ovotesticular disorder a person has both ovarian and testicular tissue. Ovarian and testicular tissue may be separate or may be combined together called the ovotestis.
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