Can a Virgin Give Birth?Yes—but it's very, very, very, very unlikely.

Remarks from the Fray:

The explainer didn't answer the exact question that was posed today: can a virgin give birth (without supernatural intervention). The answer given explained how a baby could theoretically have a biological mother without the contribution of a biological father. As for the mother being a virgin, there may be many instances of this occurring. Suzanne Somers, for example, claimed that she became pregnant when the father of her baby ejaculated outside her vagina the first time she was going to have sex--no intercourse occurred. Although it wouldn't be the most reliable way to conceive, this seems like a possible way to become pregnant (regardless of the reliability of Somers' account).

--AlliHart

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There have been occasional cases of child born to virgins under unusual circumstances. One I recall reading about was during a Civil War battle in Mississippi, a miniball tore off the testicle of a Confederate soldier, and then struck a young woman who was watching the battle some distance away. After her wound healed, she was discovered to be pregnant, although still a virgin.

Strange but (supposedly) true.

--woking57

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Nice article, but in the context of Christmas, misses one more improbable event: where would Jesus' Y chromosome come from? Parthenogenesis is just a recycling of the mother's DNA.

--LaurencePassmore

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