Blood group and personality

I have heard that in Japan the blood group and personality are a big issue over there.
It is all treated very seriously specially, when dating.

I am not sure that I believe in any of this very much, however if anyone has any comments on this subject it would be interesting to hear.

What interests me more is the question if we come from any on blood group, here, I wonder if migraine is more likely to occur in any specific group, and less in others (not that we have any influence over this anyway).

For example I am in blood group 0.
I onder what groups do other people belong.

Senna

A-

Eating according to your blood type is solid science and many people have benefited. It is interesting how so many spouses/partners end up having the same blood type. The different blood types should even exercise differently.

FWIW, the blood on the Shroud of Turin is AB. Type AB can only be traced back 1200 years. Which is what the carbon dating shows also on the cloth. But that is a controversial subject to some.

I am O- also. O mean "Original", Neanderthal with the hyper aggressive immune system and higher acid level digestive tract. The things that allowed humans to survive eating scavenged meat and not too many fruit/veggies.

Interesting stuff to read about.

I'm A+. Don't know what that means personalitywise.

A-
two of us so far

O +

alli wrote:I'm A+. Don't know what that means personalitywise.

Ditto Alli on both counts.

Did you know that in England the only way to find out your blood group is to give blood or have a baby....
How absurd is that??

no matter how hard i study, i seem to always only get A-.

we did blood type in freshman college bio. i think i fainted, lol.

for various tests and procedures, then run bloodwork where they type you and it's in your records.

I found out mine when I gave blood for my Dad when he was hospitalized. Before that I had no idea.

O+

AB and B are much less common blood types. It will be interesting to see if any of them are also mig patients.

O is the most common being the "O"riginal and A is the second "A"grarian. Agrarian come into play when humans started growing crops and introducing more produce into their diet. Their bodies utilize plant material better then O's do.

It's been discovered that some cancer patients blood type will change in the end stages. The theory is that it's the body's last ditch effort to fight it.

My wife, daughter and I are all O- but personality wise we are very different.

I have my mums blood group A+.
She is from North East England and the A grouping is said to come from Scandinavia...
Well we did have vikings and Danes popping over uninvited a few years ago.

My son is also A+ but my daughters cant find out their grouping....
I am told my son and I are alike personality wise...

I have no idea. I donated blood to be stored for my own surgery before, but if they typed it, they didn't tell me. I had such horrendous migraines from the donations, I didn't dare try to donate for the general population. I feel bad because it's something I believe in strongly. Maybe I'll try again.

Home blood type test kits are only $10. I am not sure if they can ship them outside the US though.

http://www.4yourtype.com/products.asp?dept=21&gclid=CO2w2c3clqECFSA5gwodaX8hcA

So, far it seems we are mostly either bg O or A , but this is a small sample.

Brenda, it is extremely important to know you blood group, since in case of any serious accident, or emergency when you might need an urgent blood transfusion, there might not be time to do the testing.

I was under impression that we are all told since childhood what blood group we are, and this is how I knew mine. I was always told: you must remember you are blood group O.
It will be interesting to know what group you are - it is definitely worth testing, as it might save your life in emergency.
Senna

Brenda, ditto, to the migraine when donating blood, i have only donated twice and last time was a complete disaster, had a migraine that was a killer and lasted for weeks, when i phoned the blood bank help line to ask if this was common their doctor came on to phone and was most unhelpful and insisted she had not heard of this and that donating blood 'shouldnt' give you a migraine, surfice to say i have not done it since.

I do not weigh enough to donate blood.

I learned my blood type in Basic Training, in the Air Force. I am O+, which my Father said was impossible, since neither of my parents are that type.

If you are O- then any blood type can get your blood. O- are the universal donors and they keep extra amounts on hand. A trauma patient will get O- hung immediately and then have their blood type and crossed to find out their type.

I can't donate for another year since my wife had Hep C. I have to wait 18 months after she has had her third negative test. So even though they need my O- blood really bad they are very strict on who can donate. Which is good.

O+, and I learned my blood type when I first donated blood to the Red Cross in 1980.

I've heard about the different diets recommended according to blood type, but I have not heard that the blood type dictates personality also.

I'm half Scandinavian, so I don't know about that theory.

I'm surprised it isn't something that's done on an initial major surgery. I've had many, and I don't think my blood type was ever mentioned.

Becky

I'm O+ too. Only recently found out due to being pregnant. I've never been able to give blood as I had glandular fever when I first wanted to and had to wait for a few years before I could donate apparantly. Then I've been on migraine preventatives that have precluded me from donating pretty much ever since. If I can I'd like to donate expressed breast milk in a few months time. It gets used for premature babies in NICU. I think you freeze it and they collect it every so often.

Amy

tecky wrote:O+, and I learned my blood type when I first donated blood to the Red Cross in 1980.

I've heard about the different diets recommended according to blood type, but I have not heard that the blood type dictates personality also.

I'm half Scandinavian, so I don't know about that theory.

I'm surprised it isn't something that's done on an initial major surgery. I've had many, and I don't think my blood type was ever mentioned.

Becky

If the surgery had any potential for blood loss they would type and cross your blood and make sure an adequate amount of that type was on hand. But like most docs/clinics/hosp they tell you very little other then about the health complaint you have. That would have to be something you ask for. Just like lab results and so many other tests.

Anna can't ever give blood because she has a bovine patch in the back of her skull.

Moo...

Cheryl