Blood Type Diversity Europe

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Originally Posted by T'S' Formidable

I am AB neg maybe you could tell me a little about this please?

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AB- is the rarest common blood type. Found in roughly 1% of the population. People with AB make neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies. If a person needed a serum(not cell) transfusion you would be a universal donor.

I possess A Rh+.
Dad: 0- Mom: A+, if I remember properly.

Pretty sure I'm A+....

I'm 0+ like my father and my mother is O- RH-! ;)

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Originally Posted by Northern_Sun

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The Rh negative trait is almost exclusive to European populations, A – and B – , it is also found as a silent allele in 40-45% of Rh Positive Europeans. Early European population was found to have a very high Rh Negative frequency which makes this mutation of European origin.

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Good to know that. I'm O- (my father is O-, his father was O-) :D I guess we're some kind of super authentic europeans :cool:

There once was a thread about that, and a poll attached with astonishing results:

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108

Some 150 people answered, of which nearly 15% declared to be O-, a considerably higher share than all found in any white countries:

http://mihow-assets.s3.amazonaws.com...bloodtypes.png

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Originally Posted by Geronimo

Good to know that. I'm O- (my father is O-, his father was O-) :D I guess we're some kind of super authentic europeans :cool:

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You can count me in as well.

I am B-.

I donate blood and the donor clinic loves me, because I share it with only 1% of the Canadian population.

I'm screwed if I ever get hurt, though. :confused:

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Originally Posted by AcadianDriftwood

I am B-.

I donate blood and the donor clinic loves me, because I share it with only 1% of the Canadian population.

I'm screwed if I ever get hurt, though. :confused:

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They love me too since O- can be given to anyone of any type but not so good if I need blood since I can only get O-

http://www.redcrossblood.org/learn-a...od/blood-types

Icelandic, Norwegian and Irish Blood group comparison:

A B O

Iceland 19 7 74
Norway 31 6 62
Ireland 18 7 75

Based on comparisons of Icelandic mitochondrial DNA with other European populations, Icelandic women are most similar to the Welsh and British which would explain the similarity of blood distribution.

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Originally Posted by Northern_Sun

Icelandic, Norwegian and Irish Blood group comparison:

A B O

Iceland 19 7 74
Norway 31 6 62
Ireland 18 7 75

Based on comparisons of Icelandic mitochondrial DNA with other European populations, Icelandic women are most similar to the Welsh and British which would explain the similarity of blood distribution.

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Yeah the Norseman raided the British Isles and took women back with them to Iceland.

http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/voyage...and/sagas.html

http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/voyage.../genetics.html