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If you have blood group A then you've got A antigens covering your red cells. Blood group B means you have B antigens, while group O has neither, and group AB has some of both. The ABO system also contains lots of little antibodies in the plasma, antibodies being the body's natural defence against foreign antigens. So blood group A has anti-B in their plasma, blood group B has anti-A (you probably get the picture at this stage). To complicate matters though, group AB has none and group O has both of the antibodies. Which means giving someone blood from the wrong ABO group could be fatal. The anti-A antibodies in group B attack group A cells and vice versa. Which is why group A blood must never be given to a group B person. Group O negative is a different story. The Rh system Still with us? Well, it gets more complicated here on in, because there's another antigen to be considered - the Rh antigen. Some of us have it, some of us don't. If it is present, the blood is RhD positive, if not it's RhD negative. So, for example, some people in group A will have it, and will therefore be classed as A+ (or A positive). While the ones that don't, are A- (or, wait for it...A negative). And so it goes for groups B, AB and O. This effectively doubles the number of different blood types to be matched, because you shouldn't mix blood type A+ with blood type A-. 84% of the population is Rh positive. (And yes, that means the other 16% of the population is running around with Rh negative blood.)

o negative the best one to have (i think) unfortunatley im no longer aloud to give blood!!

Hi, Im A+ found out years ago when I was in the Navy, used to give blood in the UK, but the Americans dont want my blood!! Debs x

I'm a bit of a rarity AB rh+ Mandy, they told me yours was J2O and Daniels was VAT69

I am A Negative All my children are A positive My brother is O Negative Tammy :~)

O Pos Linda

A RH Positive Am giving blood again next Friday :0)

The most common i think . O positive . Cath

Universal - 'O' Negative :O))))

found mine out last dec wen i had gall bladder out mines A+ too welcome to the elite blood owners club lol

errrr hmm, good question

B neg.

Only found out mine the other day..im A+