Can a son have a different blood type than his father?

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Yes, a child is able to have a different blood type than both parents. Which parent decides the blood type of the child? The child's blood type is decided by both parents' blood type. Parents all pass along one of their 2 alleles to make up their child's blood type.

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Can a child have a different blood type than the father?

A child can have a different blood type than their parents and also the same blood type. Our RBCs carry antigens on their surfaces and the ability to produce these antigens is determined by genes inherited from parents. So, genotypes determine the blood groups in the child. ABO blood group system is found in humans.

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Can a father and son have two different blood types?

“In general, does a child usually have the same blood type as one of their parent's blood type?” While a child could have the same blood type as one of his/her parents, it doesn't always happen that way. For example, parents with AB and O blood types can either have children with blood type A or blood type B.

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Does a father and son have to have the same blood type?

Neither of your parents has to have the same blood type as you. For example if one of your parents was AB+ and the other was O+, they could only have A and B kids. In other words, most likely none of their kids would share either parent's blood type.

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Which parent determines blood type?

The blood type of a child is determined by both of the parents. Each parent donates an allele for the ABO blood group. The A and B blood alleles are dominant while the O is recessive, meaning that the O will not be expressed when dominant genes are present.

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Do full siblings have the same blood type?

Brothers and sisters don't always share the same blood type. The genotype of both parents plays a role in defining the blood type. For instance, children of parents with the genotypes AO and BO may have the blood types A, B, AB, or O. Thus, siblings do not necessarily have the same blood type.

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What are the 3 rarest blood types?

What are the rarest blood types?
  • O positive: 35%
  • O negative: 13%
  • A positive: 30%
  • A negative: 8%
  • B positive: 8%
  • B negative: 2%
  • AB positive: 2%
  • AB negative: 1%

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What if two parents have different blood types?

If a baby's and mother's blood are incompatible, it can lead to fetal anemia, immune hydrops (erythroblastosis fetalis) and other complications. The most common type of blood type incompatibility is Rh disease (also known as Rh incompatibility). The Rh factor is a protein on the covering of red blood cells.

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What is the rarest blood type?

What's the rarest blood type? AB negative is the rarest of the eight main blood types - just 1% of our donors have it. Despite being rare, demand for AB negative blood is low and we don't struggle to find donors with AB negative blood.

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Can a man with type A blood be the father of a child with type O blood?

One parent with A and another with B can produce a child with A, B, AB or O blood types. If one parent has A and another has AB, they can either produce a child with A, B or AB blood types. If one parent has A and another has O, they can either produce a child with A or O blood types.

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Can I have type O blood if my parents don't?

To be O, you usually need to get an O from both mom and dad. But an AB parent usually has an A and a B version, not an O. So they usually can't have an O child.

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How can I check my blood type without a test?

Without drawing blood

A person may be able to use a saliva sample to test for their blood type. Around 80% of people produce the relevant antigens in their saliva. According to 2018 research , if a person secretes these antigens in their saliva, a dried saliva sample can reliably indicate their blood type.

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What is the most in demand blood type?

Types O negative and O positive are in high demand. Only 7% of the population are O negative. However, the need for O negative blood is the highest because it is used most often during emergencies. The need for O+ is high because it is the most frequently occurring blood type (37% of the population).

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What 2 blood types are not compatible for pregnancy?

Rh incompatibility occurs when the mother's blood type is Rh negative and her fetus' blood type is Rh positive. Antibodies from an Rh negative mother may enter the blood stream of her unborn Rh positive infant, damaging the red blood cells (RBCs).

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Can a blood type O mother and a blood type B father have a blood type O child?

If a person of O blood group breeds with a person of B group all the children must be either B or O. If the child is A or AB one of the individuals cannot be the parent. An O and B crossing can not produce an A or AB child.

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Can your blood type change?

Usually, you'll have the same blood type all of your life. In rare cases, however, blood types can change. The change usually relates to unique circumstances, such as having a bone marrow transplant or getting certain types of leukemia or infections. Not all of these changes in blood type are permanent.

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Why is O positive special?

Type O positive blood is critical in trauma care. Those with O positive blood can only receive transfusions from O positive or O negative blood types. Type O positive blood is one of the first to run out during a shortage due to its high demand.

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Is it good to have the rarest blood type?

Along with having the rarest blood type in the U.S., AB-negative (along with AB-positive) donors are special because their plasma can be transfused into a patient of any blood type.

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Can O and A have a baby?

Causes of ABO Incompatibility

Blood type is based on genes from each parent. So if one parent is type O and one is type A, the baby will likely be type A. 6 The reason the baby wouldn't have type O blood is because the gene for O is recessive (meaning it's only expressed if the baby gets it from both parents).

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Which blood type is best for immune system?

A person who is AB-positive has both antigen types, as well as the Rh factor. This person could receive blood from any of the common blood types without triggering an immune response. This makes them known as a universal recipient.

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Can O+ and O+ have a healthy baby?

The blood group of both of you is o+. This will not cause any problem to baby.

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What blood type is universal?

What Is A Universal Blood Type? In an emergency situation where a patient's blood type is unknown, type O negative blood is the only blood type that is safe to use. The reason is that it is compatible with all blood types. Type O negative is known as the universal blood type.

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What does your blood type say about you?

People with type O blood have the lowest risk of heart disease while people with B and AB have the highest. People with A and AB blood have the highest rates of stomach cancer. People with type A blood can have a harder time than others managing stress because they often produce more of the stress hormone cortisol.

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Which blood type is the oldest?

Although type O comes from a recessive gene—if one parent has A or B blood, the child will be A or B—O is the oldest type, reports the BBC. A and B types only emerged in the last 20,000 years or so, and are still spreading. This underscores the need for a variety of donors, says Dr.

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