# What's your blood type? Do you even know? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314 "2005-04-20T21:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/1 "2005-04-20T21:06:50Z")
I just got back from giving blood, something which I haven’t done in a year or so. Anyway, my blood type is A Positive, something I didn’t even know until I joined the Air Force. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/2 "2005-04-20T21:07:39Z")
A+. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/3 "2005-04-20T21:08:33Z")
O+ here. The Red Cross loves me. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/4 "2005-04-20T21:14:10Z")
AB+ The Red Cross couldn’t care less about me. Good for parts though, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/5 "2005-04-20T21:16:45Z")
B+. I know this because I go to the Red Cross for platelet apheresis every month or two. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/6 "2005-04-20T21:21:32Z")
B+ I had to get various blood tests when I was pregnant and that was one of the things they told me. ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/7 "2005-04-20T21:22:59Z")
A-. I think the Red Cross just calls me so they can stick needles into something. Eli ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/8 "2005-04-20T21:24:25Z")
O+. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/9 "2005-04-20T21:24:54Z")
I learned my blood type (A+) when I was a child. My father was contesting paternity during my parents’ first divorce, and I overheard a discussion that involved blood types. Turned out that I probably was his kid after all. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/10 "2005-04-20T21:26:23Z")
O+. But I haven’t been allowed to donate blood for several years, because of the whole “time spent in the UK” thing. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Buran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Buran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buran)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/11 "2005-04-20T21:31:43Z")
Type B- here. Here’s a fairly interesting chart of how common your blood group is in each population, there was a global map of distribution but I can’t find it. Kind of interesting that blood group B is far more common in Asia than Europe, maybe Genghis Khan was my great great great great great granddad. 😃 I always did have a strange fascination with small furry hats… [http://www.bloodbook.com/world-abo.html](http://www.bloodbook.com/world-abo.html) ---
**Author:** ![Buran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Buran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buran)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/12 "2005-04-20T21:34:39Z")
Ah here’s the site I was looking for. Group B is practically non-existant in the Americas! [http://anthro.palomar.edu/vary/vary\_3.htm](http://anthro.palomar.edu/vary/vary_3.htm) ---
**Author:** ![SallyBowls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@SallyBowls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyBowls)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/13 "2005-04-20T21:41:20Z")
B+ here. I tested it myself as part of a lab project in college. ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/14 "2005-04-20T21:44:09Z")
Another AB+ here ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/15 "2005-04-20T21:44:33Z")
O Negative. They really love me. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/16 "2005-04-20T21:46:23Z")
I’m type A, Rh positive. And **Inigo** , your blood is not at all useless! Even if your cells are only good for other AB people, your plasma can be given to anyone, because you have no anti-ABO antibodies. It’s not just about the cells! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/17 "2005-04-20T21:48:38Z")
My blood type is like my grades in school - A+ baby. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/18 "2005-04-20T21:49:51Z")
O+. I’m ridiculously healthy, and a big guy as well. The Red Cross lick their lips when I walk in. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/19 "2005-04-20T21:51:38Z")
Like everything else about me…A+. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314/20 "2005-04-20T21:54:53Z")
O+ (boring, I know) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-blood-type-do-you-even-know/300314.md?page=2)