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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Sep;52(9):2768–2773. doi: 10.1002/art.21256

Table 1.

Possible HLA relationships between a mother and her child

Relationship Mother Child Compatibility
1 A, B A, C Incompatible
2A A, A A, A Bidirectionally compatible (homozygous, identical)
2B A, A A, B Bidirectionally compatible (heterozygous, identical)
3 A, A A, B Mother compatible from son’s perspective only (mother homozygous)
4 A, B A, A Son compatible from mother’s perspective only (child homozygous)