It is known that there are very few individuals having 44 chromosomes, not the usual 46 chromosomes.
One example is a male in China: the first article, the second article.
The other is a female in Turkey, unfortunately the article is in Turkish.
It is claimed in the links that they might reproduce and make healthy children if they mate. So I wonder if this already happened and such a couple is living, or if it would be theoretically possible?
Edit: As requested, here is the Karyotype of Turkish female, which the professor in the video call her HomoNeoSapiens, with Robertsonian translocation between 13 and 14 chromosomes. So, this translocation is different from Chinese Man's translocation, which is between 14 and 15 chromosomes. So in this case they can't breed a healthy children? Gosh, I was about to create a new species :((
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