Can two O positive parents have a baby?

Two O parents will get an O child nearly all of the time. But as with anything in biology, there are occasional exceptions to this rule.

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What happens if two parents have O positive blood?

So, the progeny formed if both parents are of O blood group is O. The Rh factor can be positive in heterozygous state and also in homozygous state. So, there can be possibility of being both Rh positive and Rh negative. The blood group can be both O positive or O negative.

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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.

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Can a child have a different blood type than both parents?

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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What happens if husband and wife have same blood group O+?

No problem: If you are both the same blood type then it should not be a problem. The problem arises if there is difference in the Rh blood group. For example if you are Rh+ and she is Rh -, she may have a baby with Rh+ type.

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Can my baby blood group be different from its parents?

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Can O+ and O+ have a baby?

If mom passes her O and so does dad, then the child will be OO which is O type blood. Each parent has a 50% chance of passing down the O gene. So each child has a 25% chance of ending up with an O blood type.

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Is O positive blood rare?

Type O positive blood is given to patients more than any other blood type, which is why it's considered the most needed blood type. 38% of the population has O positive blood, making it the most common blood type.

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What is special about O positive blood?

Type O-positive blood can be transfused to any positive blood type: A-positive, B-positive, AB-positive, and of course other O-positives. Patients with O-positive blood can receive blood transfusions from other O-positives or O-negative donors. The ideal donation types for O+ donors are whole blood or Power Red.

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What are the 3 rarest blood types?

The rarest blood types are:
  • B negative(B -ve), which is found in 1.5 percent of the total population.
  • AB negative(AB -ve), which is found in 0.6 percent of the total population.
  • AB positive(AB +ve), which is found in 3.4 percent of the total population.

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Is it hard to get pregnant with O positive blood?

Those with blood type O may struggle to conceive due to a lower egg count and poorer egg quality, while those with blood group A seem to be more fertile.

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Does O positive blood affect pregnancy?

Sometimes an incompatibility may happen when the mother is blood type O and the baby is either A or B. This can affect the newborn baby, who may need treatment after birth.

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Which blood type should not have kids together?

Different blood groups rarely cause any problems, but your rhesus factor may affect future pregnancies if you're rhesus-negative and carrying a rhesus-positive (RhD-positive) baby in this pregnancy. If some of your baby's blood mixes with your blood during pregnancy or birth it can put later babies at risk.

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What blood type rejects pregnancy?

When the blood of an Rh-positive fetus gets into the bloodstream of an Rh-negative woman, her body will recognize that the Rh-positive blood is not hers. Her body will try to destroy it by making anti-Rh antibodies. These antibodies can cross the placenta and attack the fetus's blood cells.

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What is the healthiest blood type?

Of the eight main blood types, people with Type O have the lowest risk for heart attacks and blood clots in the legs and lungs. This may be because people with other blood types have higher levels of certain clotting factors, which are proteins that cause blood to coagulate (solidify).

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Do babies always have the father's blood type?

A baby may have the blood type and Rh factor of either parent, or a combination of both parents. Rh factors follow a common pattern of genetic inheritance. The Rh-positive gene is dominant (stronger) and even when paired with an Rh-negative gene, the positive gene takes over.

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Does O positive blood have an effect on Covid?

The investigative team for this study focused on these specific blood groups because A types have consistently shown an increased risk of infection, while O types have shown a decreased risk.

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Is blood type O positive for Covid 19?

The authors found that individuals with type O blood were less likely to contract SARS-CoV-2 compared with non–type O blood groups (ARR = 0.88; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.84–0.92).

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Why is O positive so common?

In order to be group O, you need both parent cells to be O. But group O is still more common simply because it is the ancestral form. The A and B mutations appeared in the last 20,000 years and haven't spread through the population yet.

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What is the personality of O+ blood type?

Fun Facts About O+ Blood

– Tend to be more followers than leaders, accepting whatever the plan is and going alone with it without protest. – Very generous and kindhearted. – Generally well-liked by most people. – Very flexible, and adapt easily to change.

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Do siblings have the same blood type?

No, siblings don't necessarily have the same blood type. It depends on which parent passes along their "genotype" - or gene pool - for determining what you are made up of: either AO (like apostle), BO (both parents) encoding an individual with Type AB positive and negative varieties; AA where both carry genotypes O+.

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Can two O+ people have an A+ child?

Theoretically yes, but it would be extremely rare. Two O parents will get an O child nearly all of the time. But as with anything in biology, there are occasional exceptions to this rule. New mutations -- or changes in the DNA -- are theoretically one way these kinds of uncommon scenarios can happen.

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What two blood types make O positive?

A person who is blood type O has to be genetically OO (receiving a gene that codes for neither A nor B from one parent and a gene that codes for neither A or B from another parent). The possible blood types of the parents include OO, AO, and BO.

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