Redirected to: http://whatdnatest.com/genetics/how-genetic-traits-are-inherited/x-linked-Recessive-genetic-inheritance-pattern/ X-linked recessive is one of the possible ways that genetic traits can be inherited.  This pattern is similar to autosomal Recessive Genetic Inheritance in that one copy of the normal allele is enough to hide the phenotype of the recessive trait. However, since in