What does your blood type mean?

Your blood type is a way to categorize your blood according to what’s in it: antigens, including the Rhesus, or Rh, factor. Antigens are a type of protein on red blood cells. Based on the type of antigen, your blood will be categorized as Type A, Type B, Type AB, or Type O.

What is the safest blood type to give?

O negative
O negative is the universal blood type. O negative blood type can only receive O negative blood. O negative donors who are CMV negative are known as Heroes for Babies at the Red Cross because it is the safest blood for transfusions for immune deficient newborns.

Which blood type lives the longest?

Life Span. Chances are higher you’ll live longer if you have type O blood. Experts think your lowered risk of disease in your heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease) may be one reason for this.

Do siblings have the same blood type?

It depends on the blood types of the parents. Siblings share 50% of their genes, so they would have 50% of their alleles in common, on average. There are two pieces of information that determine blood type: the ABO type and the Rh type. People can be A, B, O, or AB for their ABO type.

What determines what blood type a person has?

Blood types are determined by the presence or absence of certain antigens – substances that can trigger an immune response if they are foreign to the body.

What are facts about blood types?

Women with type O blood are more likely to deal with fertility issues.

Your blood type boils down to sugar.

There is one blood type that’s the “universal donor.”

And there’s another blood type that’s the “universal recipient.”

People with type B blood are more susceptible to gastroenteric cancers.

How to determine your blood type?

Alternatively, go to a clinic and undergo a blood test to find your blood type. Most labs use the “rapid blood agglutination” test to determine an individual’s blood type. Your blood sample is tested against anti-A sera, anti-B sera and anti-Rh sera.

What blood types are the most common?

What are the Most Common Blood Types? Rh+ blood types are more common than Rh- blood types. The most common blood type in humans is O+ (~36.4%). Next in line are blood types A+, B+ and AB+ with percentages approximately 28.3%, 20.6% and 5.1% respectively. The least common blood type is AB- (~0.5%).