your blood type and your children's blood type

[Julia Roberts]

Your Dh has a hidden - allele...


Or the Mailman has some explaining to do!

 

[floridafam]

I know my Mom's blood type is A+. I thought my Dad's was B+. Maybe I'm wrong. I am 0-. So, my Dad would have to be BO. Correct?

 

[jrydberg]

Correct. They both have to have the O allele to pass to you.

 

[cynsaun]

and one parent has BO (no, not body odor, blood type B)

That wasn't BO, it was BBO!

 

[jrydberg]

That wasn't BO, it was BBO!

Ooooh... You stink.

 

[floridafam]

Okay, you all had me freaked out for a minute.

I looked up some info and parents with an A type and a B type can have a child with an O type blood.

I'm glad I didn't call my parents and yell at them.

 

[alabamaalan]

DW is O- and I am A+ so she had to have the shot for both pregancies and she still hasn't forgiven me for that

My oldest child has my blood type but our youngest did not have either mine or DW's, so I had to google blood types to realize that you don't always inherit one or the other

After all, I might have had to convince my wife that the child was really hers.

 

[mtemm]

thanks everyone!

 

[laurie31]

Rh negative is recessive and so is the O type.

So two parents who are A+ and B+ can have an O- kid, if they both carry the recessive O and the recessive -. Both AA and AO will produce Type A blood.

We know my DH carries the O, as he is B+ and his Dad is B and his mom is O (she had nothing but O to give him, so he must carry the O allele). I am A+ but don't know if I carry O. So it would be possible for our kids to have any blood type if I do carry the O, and if I don't, they could be A or AB. DD1 is A+ like me but we don't know what DD2 is. DD1's blood type was done at birth, but they didn't do DD2's when she was born

Laurie

 

[Pete's Mom]

Correct. They both have to have the O allele to pass to you.

and if you eat greasy KK donuts then your blood type is Ragu!

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

I didn't realize it was common practice to know your blood type. I found out mine when I was in the hospital having dd. I found out hers right after she was born (obviously). But that doesn't mean I remember what they are.