Blood Type Diversity Europe

[Northern_Sun]

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

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.

[Artek]

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

[Allenson]

Pretty sure I'm A+....

[OneWolf]

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

[Geronimo]

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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.

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

[Ouistreham]

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:

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

You can count me in as well.

[Grumpy Cat]

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.

[Scrapple]

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.

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

[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.

[Scrapple]

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.

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