Type O and type A are the most prevalent blood types in all countries. It is the same for Azoreans. In fact someone with type O- is considered to be a universal donor with only a few rare exceptions. O+ can be given to people with A+, B+, AB+ and O+, but O- can be given to the other blood types + or - without causing problems. While everyone who is able, should donate blood, people with an O or rare blood type are especially needed as blood donors. As for the RH factor (the + or -); Everyone has two genes that determine your RH. One from each parent. Positive is the dominant gene. If one or both of a person's genes are positive they are positive. Which is why more people are positive. Both genes have to be negative for you to have a negative RH. Nancy, your family is a perfect example. Your father had to have had one positive gene and one negative gene and your mother has two negative genes. That one positive gene being dominant was passed on to 4 of his 6 children while only 2 managed to get a double negative from him. While I think that we a special in so many ways...;) I don't think that we Azoreans are any more likely to have rare blood types or a certain RH factor than any other race. Statistically, we have basically the same ratios as everyone else. For myself, I am very glad to have the most common blood type on the planet (O+). In case I ever need it, it won't be hard to find. Jacki Pittsburg, CA Surnames: Medeiros, Fernandes, Pereira, Pacheco, Machado, Azevedo Islands: Faial, Sao Miguel _____
From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of nancy jean baptiste Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:54 AM To: azores group Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] [AZORES-Genealogy Dna Question This is interesting in my opinion......after Lisa's first email I looked on line at sites regarding rh- factor......ALL kinds of information......but now I'm curious about the blood types among Azoreans.....I'm also 100% Azorean Portuguese....my dad was A+ and my mom is O-....all 6 children have type A blood......only myself and my youngest sister have RH-.....I wonder if type A is prevelant among our population? Also.....this is the kind of information I was looking at (DNA) online several years ago when I came across this group.....what a fortunate find! Regards, Nancy Santa Maria...Cabral Sao Jorge.....Silveira, de Lemos, Baptista, Pereira, Pedrosa, Enos, Oliveira Pico...de Castro, Cardosa, Peixoto, Furtado, Silva _____ From: patli...@verizon.net To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] [AZORES-Genealogy Dna Question Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:38:25 -0400 I'm all Portuguese and I'm A+ like my mom and my father is 0+ as my brother. I remember my aunt and uncle both all Portugues being RH _____ From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of lisa lema Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 7:32 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] [AZORES-Genealogy Dna Question Good morning all. I am hoping someone here will be able to answer this question for me, as it is pertains to 4 of my 9 living children. What Percentage of people of Portuguese ethnicity is RH -? I have just found out, due to the pregnancy of my daughter that she is RH- and due to her father's ethnicity, is very doubtful that negative factor came from his genetics. While I am on the subject, I suppose I ought to explain a little more. I have 9 living children, 7 girls, 2 boys. I have been married twice, and from the first union, I had 2 girls, one of which is o- rh factor; I lived with a man and had one female child with him, whom is also rh - (a-), and then married my current husband and we had 6 more children, 2 of which (girls) are also rh-( one is O- one is A-). My mother is Swedish, scottish, indian and my father is full blooded portuguese. my mother blood type is O + , my fathers blood type is A+, and mine is A+. from the research I have done,it is extremely rare for native american, black, and scottish peoples to carry the rh negative factor, but a race of people called BASQUES have a very high rate of rh negative blood. Is the Portuguese race considered Basque? and What is the ratio of negative blood type in the Portuguese Race? Any help in this matter would be appreciated. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2747 - Release Date: 03/14/10 15:33:00 -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." _____ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. Sign up now. <http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON: WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_2> -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
