This individual probably is XXX.
The individual is a female. Nondisjunction of sex chromosomes produces a variety of aneuploid conditions in humans. Most of these conditions appear to upset genetic balance less than aneuploid conditions involving autosomes. Extra copies of the X chromosome are deactivated as Barr bodies in the somatic cells. Females with trisomy of the X chromosome (XXX), which occurs about once in approximately 1000 live births, are healthy and cannot be distinguished from XX females except by karyotype.
An Example of nondisjunction:
Klinefelter’s syndrome
 49 ,XXXXY | This karyotype shows a variant of Klinefelter’s syndrome. Individuals with this syndrome are male, typically with the karyotype 47,XXY. Individuals with Klinefelter’s syndrome exhibit a characteristic phenotype including tall stature, infertility, gynecomastia and hypogonadism. Aneuploidy above one extra chromosome is usually fatal but because of X-inactivation, which “turns off” all but one X chromosome per cell, the effects of 3 extra chromosomes are reduced. |
