Do you know your blood type?

[Petrichor]

I know mine because I donate blood and my blood type is listen on my donor card. I *think* I know my husband's (also on his donor card, but my memory is not so hot), but have no idea what my children's blood types are. 

Edited September 5, 2017 by Dust

[Okra]

Everyone here has a different type. We have A+ B+ O+ O- AB+ and AB-

WHEW!

I feel like we should get a prize for having so many different types. ðŸ˜

[maize]

Everyone here has a different type. We have A+ B+ O+ O- AB+ and AB-

WHEW!

I feel like we should get a prize for having so many different types. ðŸ˜

Yes! That is quite the mix!

 

If these are all biological family members I'm thinking the parents' genotypes must be AO+- and BO+-. You could get every possible phenotype from those.

Edited September 5, 2017 by maize

[Guest]

I have been told several times and I just can't ever remember. And that ticks me off.

[MistyMountain]

I know my blood type because it was tested at birth and in my records. I do not know my dh's or my children's. My children were not tested at birth for blood type or at least it was never told to me or put in their records.

[Okra]

Yes! That is quite the mix!

 

If these are all biological family members I'm thinking the parents' genotypes must be AO+- and BO+-. You could get every possible phenotype from those.

 

Yes!

 

All Biological!

 

Pretty cool, eh?

 

It definitely types us as parents as AO+- and BO+- since we have it all.

[nixpix5]

I thought everyone who has given birth would know her blood type. Yes, I would absolutely trust a transfusion on my word alone. I'm Oneg. I wore it on dog tags for years and nd if I'm wrong there's still no risk :-) This is also THE most boring blood to type in Bio lab.

 

ETA: Apparently Oneg is a favorite of mosquitos. I feel special.

Seriously!?!?!? I had no idea!! I have wondered why for decades I get eaten alive by mosquitos no matter what I do. It is awful. I have never had a flea bite in my life. They bounce on and bounce off of me but mosquitoes will go out of their way to swarm me. My DH has always assumed it was something in my diet (I drink milk, he doesn't).

 

Weird question but do you get more than average spider bites? I live in Western WA so we really don't have aggressive spiders here. People say "they won't bother you if you don't bother them" but I have been in the ER so many times with spider bites. I am not outdoorsy. There is nothing special about my activities. I am a spider magnet.

 

If I needed one more reason to dislike being O-. As if rhogam shots and blood transfusion issues weren't enough.

Edited September 6, 2017 by nixpix5