If a hermaphrodite had sex with self could any resulting offspring be considered a clone?

If a hermaphrodite had sex with them self would any resulting offspring be, first of all – a hermaphrodite too… and secondly – would they be clones?

I’m just curious about this one. And I realize that this is a big IF… I understand the unlikeliness that a so-called hermaphrodite (technically intersexed) human would be able to have sex with themselves – and that they would almost certainly be incapable of  “auto-fertilizing” themselves (as the doctors would put it) for humans who are considered hermaphrodites actually only have “ambiguous genitalia” most commonly due to hormonal imbalances in utero and are not true hermaphrodites.

So – for the sake of argument – lets say we DO indeed have a very rare but true human hermaphrodite who COULD indeed have sex with themselves, and that they DID auto-fertilize and that they DID carry a baby to term successfully.

WOULD that baby also be a hermaphrodite and COULD it be considered a clone?

If any one feels qualified enough to answer this question I will be eternally grateful for an answer!

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