Do you have his results? How was he tested? Do his results give separate results for hsv1 and hsv2? It should look something like,
"HSV1 IgG 9.6
HSV2 IgG 14.3"
His numbers will be different, obviously, but if doesn't have a separate number for both, he's had a combination test, and it means he is positive for hsv1, OR hsv2, OR both, and he doesn't yet know.
One of the world's leading experts, Terri Warren, wrote the Herpes Handbook, and it's in Spanish.