What blood type are you?

Question

I am ABnegative which i was told was rare just wonderd if theres anyone else out there the same and also how many types are there any way.

Answer 1

A
B
AB
O
There are 4 types in this schema. A being a functional gene for a certian sugar adding protein, B being responsible for a different functioning sugar adding protein. and O being a gene that produces a defective sugar adding protein.

A and B ar co-dominant with each other and dominant over O. Inother words you can have an A and B that work but, if you do, O will be overshadowed.

Oh or HH is the rarest type and considered the universal donor. Good to have if you are a nice guy.
AB is the universal acceptor. Good to have if you are in a bad accident.

As with all questions the answer is way deeper than this. I just gave you the top most information in the simplest for I could.

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No we get to the + and -
This has to do with and entirely different factor called Rh (for Rhesus Monkey in which it was found). If you are Rh negative you are rare and even small amounts of RH positive blood can cause you to make antibodies. This is what cause a woman who is Rh- to have an Rh+ baby the first time but make antibodies to kill the next Rh- baby.

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About 100 type
But this is just the start of blood typing your blood also has, or not, a Dufy coat of some type, a Lewis nature, Kidd allgens and so on and so forth.

Answer 2

A+

In the routine blood transfusion work of a blood bank, the presence or absence of the three most significant blood group antigens, the A antigen, the B antigen and the RhD antigen (also known as the Rhesus factor or Rhesus D antigen), is determined. This gives the ABO blood group and the RhD antigen status, which are reflected in the common terminology A positive, O negative, etc. with the capital letters (A, B or O) referring to the ABO blood group, and positive or negative referring to the presence or absence of the RhD antigen of the Rhesus blood group system.

Answer 3

A Positive

Don't worry about having a rare blood type - Type O can be transfused to all other types providing the Rhesus sign is correct (which is why Os are referred to as Universal Donors)

Answer 4

AB RH D+ Apparently that makes me a rare blood type, which I believe is 3% of the population. My Dad was even rarer though, he had AB RH D+ with a load of numbers after it and used to get called in to donate when necessary.

Edit: I just checked here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_groups

and apparently I can have ANY blood at all! Haha..that's a relief!

Answer 5

A positive

Answer 6

I'm O+ which is common but very much in demand. If you have a look at the blood donor website there's a really good section on blood groups here: http://www.blood.co.uk/pages/e13basic.html - a very good resource.

AB- is quite rare as far as I've been told...I hope you're a donor!

Answer 7

I am O+ also AB- is very rare less then 1% of the population also you can't donate blood to other people cause you are the universal reciver not donor who ever that 1st answer was

Answer 8

Stella

Answer 9

I am B-. Did you know that "Rh" factor comes from the work that was done on Rhesus Macques (monkeys) who were widely used in blood research?

Answer 10

I am O rh positive and the following are some of the other types: O rh negative: B rh positive: B rh negative: A rh positive: A rh negative: AB rh negative and AB rh positive.