If my father has B+ and my mother has A+, can I be A-? I have found a possible father of mine (because I don’t know my father) and he has B+?

I have always grown up without a father, but now I would like to know who he is, my mother is not sure herself.

I have found a possible father and he has blood type B+, my mother has A+, can I be A-?

Asker: Sophie, 20 years

Answer

Dear Sophie,

If you are A- and your mother A+ then your father can have any combination so A, B, AB or O and Rh + or -. You can recalculate everything yourself on:

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/Human_Bio/problem_sets/blood_types/inherited.html

Judging by the blood type alone, there is absolutely no proof of who your father is, it is best to have a DNA test done for this. Your doctor may be able to help you with this.

Good luck!

If my father has B+ and my mother has A+, can I be A-?  I have found a possible father of mine (because I don’t know my father) and he has B+?

Answered by

drs. Marc Reynders

Biology, systematics and evolution of seed plants. Specialized in tropical Cyperaceae.

university of Ghent

http://www.ugent.be

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