What blood type are your parents if you are AB positive?

A father who is blood type AB could pass either an A or a B allele to his son or daughter. This couple could have children of either blood type A (O from mother and A from father) or blood type B (O from mother and B from father).

Can an AB blood type father have an O child?

Can an AB father and an A mother have an O baby? Yes they can. An AB parent can indeed sometimes have an O child. But it is by no means common.

How does someone end up with AB blood type?

Everyone has an ABO blood type (A, B, AB, or O) and an Rh factor (positive or negative). Just like eye or hair color, our blood type is inherited from our parents. Each biological parent donates one of two ABO genes to their child. The A and B genes are dominant and the O gene is recessive.

What kind of blood can AB receive?

Learn More About Your Blood Type Compatibility AB positive blood type is known as the “universal recipient” because AB positive patients can receive red blood cells from all blood types.

Can AB+ give blood to a+?

To donate blood it is necessary to follow the rules of blood typing: Blood O+ can donate to A+, B+, AB+ and O+ Blood O- can donate to A+, A-, B+, B-, AB+, AB-, O+ and O- Blood A+ can donate to A+ and AB+

Should AB positive donate blood?

AB is the universal blood type for plasma donations, so we ask donors with the blood type of AB+ or AB- to donate plasma if they are eligible, to make the maximum impact for our patients.

What blood type does a parent with a and AB have?

One parent with A and another with AB will give their child either A, B or AB groups. One parent with A and another with O will give their child either A or O blood group. It is second most popular and also one of the complex blood types discovered by Landsteiner and Weiner in 1940.

What blood type can a father pass to his child?

Mother with AB blood type can either pass the A or B allele to the baby. Likewise, a father with O blood type can only pass O allele to the baby. If both parents belong to the blood group O, the child will also belong to the O blood group. Two A blood group parents can give their child either A or O blood group.

Can two people with B blood type have a baby?

Two parents with B blood type can produce a child with either B or O blood type. One parent with A and another with B can produce a child with A, B, AB or O blood types. If one parent has A and another has AB, they can either produce a child with A, B or AB blood types.

Can two different blood types produce the same child?

For example, two O blood type parents can produce a child with only O blood type. Two parents with A blood type can produce a child with either A or O blood types. Two parents with B blood type can produce a child with either B or O blood type. One parent with A and another with B can produce a child with A, B, AB or O blood types.