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Question

Just curious. I wondered does a child have to inherit its blood group from either its father or mother or can it have a blood group entirely seperate from either?

Answer 1

A child inherits the blood type *genes* from *both* parents. This does not mean that she/he will get the same blood type as either parent.

Each blood type gene has 3 possible values: A, B, or neither. If a child has one A gene and one B gene, she/he will have type AB blood. If a child has *neither* an A nor a B, she/he will have blood type O. Otherwise, the type of one or both genes will be the baby's blood type.

So...two parents with AB blood each have one A gene and one B gene. Their children can have type A, B, or AB blood, depending on which combination of genes they inherit. It would be a 50% chance of AB, 25% chance of either of the other two.

Two parents with type O blood can *only* have type O babies.

Two parents with the *same* A or B type blood can have either the parents' type or type O (the possibility of O only exists if both the parents have an O gene--something that cannot be determined by the blood type alone).

One A parent and one B parent can have children with any blood type.

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Answer 2

it is possible but not usual each persons blood group is made up from both parents blood ie each parent passes on half the group

there are 4 basic groups 0 a b and ab

if both parents are ab it is possible to have a child who is a b or ab

if both parents are a or b or one of each it may be possible to have a child with any of the 4 groups

Answer 3

50% of a babies chromosones come from the mother and 50% from the father, therefore everything the baby has in its genetic design is either from the mother or father. there is however 1 blood group which is neutral, this is o-, and this can be different from the mothers or fathers, and anyones blood stream will accept this strain of blood,which is why its important for people with this blood group to be doners. it is similar to the idea of hair colour, say your mother has brown hair and your father has blond hair, there are many types you could have: dark brown, light brown, blond, and the neutral colour red! hope this helps! :)

Answer 4

okay, here we go...simple answer is yes

Basically there are four main types O A B and AB
however the O gene is recessive. so if you are blood group A, you could be AA or AO. A child inherits one gene each from its mother and father

So if your mother was group A (AO) and your father was group B (BO), you could end up being either OO, AO, BO or AB.

Answer 5

I agree with what Canny Geordie has said, a child inherits one gene each from its mother and father so anything is possible for the baby to have.

Answer 6

I gave birth to fraternal twins with one having the same blood type as their father and the other having a different blood type than either of us.

Answer 7

It is possible, but the child's blood group will have to have roots from those of parents.

Answer 8

No the child either has dads blood or moms

Answer 9

yes alot of mothers have to get a shot when they get pregnant just to keep their body from aborting the pregnancy because the mothers blood will have conflicts with the babies blood. if its a blood test ur worried about get a dna sample taken and tested

Answer 10

Hi me and my baby have differnt blood groups. Im resus neg and shes O pos. When i had her i had to have a injection so when i get pregnant again my body won't reject the baby as it is a different blood group.