How & where can I find out my blood type?

**bk T** · 20-08-2020, 10:59 AM

As the title says ...

**CliveM** · 20-08-2020, 11:17 AM

Ask your doctor.

**zqwerty** · 20-08-2020, 11:20 AM

Ask your doctor, they probably have a record or access to a record of it at the hospital.

**John H** · 20-08-2020, 01:33 PM

The blood transfusion service will oblige if you offer to donate blood...

**Lurking** · 20-08-2020, 02:20 PM

Co-incidence:

My NZ Army Blood Group card fell out my wallet yesterday:

Group A
D type -negative

June 1952

(important :- carry this always.)

Should check that sometime, as I think it's a bit more complex now.

lurking.

**gary67** · 20-08-2020, 06:55 PM

No idea what mine is and I'm not allowed to give blood despite being here for 20 years

**John H** · 20-08-2020, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by gary67

No idea what mine is and I'm not allowed to give blood despite being here for 20 years

My two daughters are 6th generation Kiwis, but they aren't allowed to donate blood either because they were doing their OE in Britain in the critical years when the beef over there was contaminated with whatever causes mad cow disease.

**Ofthesea** · 21-08-2020, 11:37 PM

Why?

**gary67** · 22-08-2020, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by Ofthesea

Why?

We might have mad cow genes, I would have thought after 20 years over here we would know if I did but the blood service still won't take any from me.

**John H** · 22-08-2020, 08:08 PM

I assumed the "Why?" question meant why do you want to know your blood type? However, if you are right Gary, Ofthesea could google "mad cow disease" or Creutzfeld Jacob Disease?