To add onto this, if the only variation were which of each pair of chromosomes you got, that's 2^23 possible combinations per parent. But it's not limited to that, because crossover of genetic material happens at corresponding sites between chromosomes in a pair.
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To add onto this, if the only variation were which of each pair of chromosomes you got, that's 2^23 possible combinations per parent. But it's not limited to that, because crossover of genetic material happens at corresponding sites between chromosomes in a pair.