I have AB + blood type. My ancestors were mainly Finnish, Sami, and a tiny bit of French many generations back
type ab- is the rarest, with an average of 1% of the population having it.
the four types of blood are A, B, AB, and O
there are 8 types of blood a+, b+, o+, ab+,a-,b-,o-,ab-
When donating blood they can only be given to a specific blood type. Type A can be given to A or AB blood types only. Type B can be given to B or AB blood types only. Type AB can only be given to AB. While type O can be given to all type A, B, AB and O blood types.
Blood AB.
Blood types/groupsA+, A-B+, B-AB+, AB-O+, O-
It's important for anyone who can donate blood to donate, but the fact is that AB is not a donor for any blood type but its own. AB can only donate to AB. AB is, however, what is referred to as a universal recipient, meaning that someone with type AB blood can receive blood from AB, A, B, and O blood types. This being the case, it wouldn't seem that a shortage of AB blood would be a problem unless there is a generalized blood shortage of all types (which there usually is, so donate if you can spare a pint!)
o+,o-,a+, a-,b-, b+,ab+, ab-
People who have AB blood are the universal recipient. They can receive blood from any blood type which can come in handy in an emergency situation requiring blood.
Yes, they have a relationship together. Different blood types have different characteristics in diet. There are well-suited recipes for AB blood types as well.
All four of the basic blood types can be either be positive or negative, they are A,B,AB, and O. Blood types are used to used define each person blood, they help to make blood transfusions more successful by matching up the blood types.
The four blood types for humans are: A, B, AB and OO. Also the RH factor determines is your blood type is RH negative (-) or RH positive (+). All blood types can then be classified as: A+, A-, B+, B-, AB+, AB-, O+ or O-.