A member asked:

My mother is a+rh positive and so is my dad, my blood type is a-rh negative. how is this possible?

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Dr. William Byars answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Recessive genes: If each of your parents has one rh + and one rh- gene, they will both produce the rh antigen. But each of their offspring has a one out of four chance of inheriting the negative gene from both parents, which makes them (you) rh neg.

Answered 3/25/2016

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