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Human blood cells, like every other cell in the body, have 46 chromosomes, 23 of which are contributed by the father, 23 by the mother. A female egg always has X (female) chromosomes, whereas a sperm has either an X OR Y chromosome, so that an XX fertilzed egg, a zygote, is a Female, or an XY is a Male.

The Bible doesn’t tell us anything about the genetics of Jesus, however, we do know he was a normal male (as he was circumcised on the 8th day, and, was allowed into the Temple to worship (as only normal males were)).

I know of no scientific fact that makes “the blood contributed by the father,” as again, blood cells contain XX or XY chromosomes like all other human cells. [One reason why there are no real “trans-sexuals” as without artificial hormone treatments and surgery, everyone is either male or female—as they were born....and ALL their cells continue to have either XX (female) or XY (male) chromosomes(discounting very rare people with chromosome deformity/disease).] Children can and do have different blood types (A+, O-, etc.) than their fathers too.

If one were to guess—at the mystery of Jesus conception He would probably have XO chromosomes, where O is that unique set of 23 chromosomes created directly by the Holy Spirit. As someone indicated above, Paul descibes Adam as the culpable sinner in the Fall...and Eve as merely decieved... Hence perhaps our sin nature is actually passed on by the Human father’s chromosome...of which every human in history has had, coming down from Adam....except Jesus.

The creedal & biblical understanding though is simply, mysteriously, that Jesus is fully God and fully Man, one Person with two natures.

Again though, we need to remain uncertain as to how Jesus conception came about....since Holy Scripture doesn’t say, and leaves it a mystery. This is where Rome has made a mistake—by proposing HUNDREDS OF YEARS AFTER THE EYE-WITNESS TESTIMONY OF THE APOSTLES (the New Testament) an idea of Mary’s own immaculate conception—to try to explain, what God’s Word does not. Mary’s immaculate conception really is pure myth.