HTML <tr> tag and position:relative

I am dealing with html writen long time ago and there is a problem with FireFox.
Some tr elements have position property set to relative , which surprisingly makes the border of those tr's invisble. When I remove the style, it all works fine... so the question is:
"How does position:relative affect tr element?" I can't get it.. for me it seems redundant.

Thanks

EDIT:

<table id="table1"  width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tbody>
<tr class="header" style="position:relative;top:2 px;">
    <th>sdf</th>
    <th>sdf</th>
    <th>sdf</th>
</tr>

.header {
    position:relative;
}


table#table1 {
    border-collapse: collapse;    
}

#table1 th {
    border-collapse: collapse;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-size: 8pt;
    padding: 3px;
    border-left: 1px solid #666666;
    border-right: 1px solid #666666;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #666666;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    background-color: #6685C2;
}

#table1 td {
    border-collapse: collapse;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-size: 8pt;
    padding: 3px;
    border: 1px solid #666666;
}