Eli5: How come immunization shots that a woman gets earlier in her life don’t carry on/pass that immunity to her children when she gives birth?

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E.g. if a woman has a tetanus shot, why does the kid need one? If she has an mmr shot, why does her child need to get one? If the lady also has a shot immunizing herself from chicken-pox, why isn’t the child also immune from chicken-pox?

Wouldn’t the child be immune from the diseases/ sicknesses that the mother already got her shots for?

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Children inherit parts of the mother’s DNA and parts of the father’s DNA.

Vaccinations do not change your DNA.

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