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please answer please, If we have a male hemophiliac (such as Leopold) marry a normal female, is there any way to have sons who have hemophilia? Provide a justification for your response.

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Yes, hemophilia is a genetic condition, which means it can be genetically passed down to a male child, even if only one parent is a hemophiliac. The condition is also more common in male children, and is a sex-linked recessive disorder, and is carried on the X chromosome. The mother could also have the gene without actually having the disorder, so she could possibly be a carrier without knowing it, so it is possible for their son to have hemophilia, even if the dad is the only one with the gene.
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