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Genetic ??

nicnacs_4u — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:54:25 GMT

A question please that someone who knows about "genetics"might be able to help me..

2 sisters with the same parents would they have the same blood group?tia

Re: Genetic ??

downeyas — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:57:20 GMT

yes!

Re: Genetic ??

polksaladallie — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:06:29 GMT

No !

Meaning could have, but may not have.

Re: Genetic ??

cherry*135 — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:06:00 GMT

No.

From the net:
The only sure thing is that if both parents are Type O, all their children will be Type O. For the other types, there are other possibilities.

Re: Genetic ??

lyne-flyn — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:36:33 GMT

No....not necessarily...my son is O+ and my daughter in law is A- ...one grandson is O and the other is A

Re: Genetic ??

lionrose.7 — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 23:53:09 GMT

Some good blood type charts here.

http://www.canadiancrc.com/paternity_determination_blood_type.aspx

Re: Genetic ??

amber-eyed-girl — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 01:10:12 GMT

I have studied Genetics. The short answer is not necessarily 🙂

If this is a real life question, it's a good idea for everyone to know their bloodtype. Next time at a GP ask for it to be tested.

Re: Genetic ??

polksaladallie — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 03:34:04 GMT

Costs too much.

Re: Genetic ??

amber-eyed-girl — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 03:59:56 GMT

Good to know if you need a transfusion though. O-ve can be given to everyone but still good to know what you have.

Re: Genetic ??

j*oono — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 04:08:49 GMT

I didn't know that O- could be given to everyone. I can't remembeer exactly what type my dad had but it was a much less common one than O+. When he was living in Perth the blood bank used to send a taxi for him for his regular donations.

I am a boring O+ but I guess that means I am lucky if I need blood.

Re: Genetic ??

poddster — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 04:19:43 GMT

@polksaladallie wrote:
Costs too much.

Apply to become a blood donor, they test your blood and you can even request to have a cholesterol count done 🙂

And you never know, your blood could save a life or two especially if you have a rare blood type like mine

I have very rare 'blue blood" AB+ and have been called upon to have some drained out of me after car accidents.

Re: Genetic ??

lionrose.7 — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 04:27:10 GMT

Joono I could give you blood if you needed it, I am the same as you 🙂

Re: Genetic ??

lind9650 — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 04:48:50 GMT

I am A+ and have been a blood donor in the past. Now I am to old and on medications, so my blood donating days are over.

One interesting thing I remember from the last war. Adolf Hitler not only tattooed all jews with numbers on their wrists, but they also tattooed blood groups on peoples insside upper arm .

My mother was O+ and when she landed in Hospita, here in Australia, for major surgery I was asked if I knew her blood group. When I told the Doctor to look at the inside of her upper arm, the Doctor was amazed to see the O+ tattoo. He thought that everyone should have such tattoo, it would make lifesaving differences in many cases, especially emergency surgery.

Erica

Re: Genetic ??

the_great_she_elephant — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:18:55 GMT

@nicnacs_4u wrote:
A question please that someone who knows about "genetics"might be able to help me..

2 sisters with the same parents would they have the same blood group?tia

I guess it would depend to soe extent at least on whether both parents had the same blood group

. It is impossible for two rh- parents to give birth to an rh+ child, but I believe it is possible for an rh- child to be born to parents who are both rh+ The positive or negative factordoes not indicate a type of blood- as in O, A or AB etc. but rather the the presence or absence of a certain element.

So while two parents whose blood lacks that element cannot produce a child whose blood contains it, it is possble for a child to be born without that element despite both parents having it.

Re: Genetic ??

polksaladallie — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:27:14 GMT

@poddster wrote:
@polksaladallie wrote:
Costs too much.
Apply to become a blood donor, they test your blood and you can even request to have a cholesterol count done 🙂
And you never know, your blood could save a life or two especially if you have a rare blood type like mine

I have very rare 'blue blood" AB+ and have been called upon to have some drained out of me after car accidents.

I am not eligible to donate blood, (too old). I have always wanted to go and receive blood, because I have been tired forever, but only because of overwork.

A test of my cholesterol costs nothing, it is high, which is quite OK because my coronary calcium score is zero.

Re: Genetic ??

happyroo_bunji — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:29:24 GMT

@lind9650 wrote:
I am A+ and have been a blood donor in the past. Now I am to old and on medications, so my blood donating days are over.

One interesting thing I remember from the last war. Adolf Hitler not only tattooed all jews with numbers on their wrists, but they also tattooed blood groups on peoples insside upper arm .
My mother was O+ and when she landed in Hospita, here in Australia, for major surgery I was asked if I knew her blood group. When I told the Doctor to look at the inside of her upper arm, the Doctor was amazed to see the O+ tattoo. He thought that everyone should have such tattoo, it would make lifesaving differences in many cases, especially emergency surgery.

Erica

Thats interesting Erica that your mother had her blood type tattooed on her arm. I knew that SS soldiers had theirs done, as that was used as an easy means of identifying them after the war by the Allies.