Blood Type Inheritance: Can an A and B Blood Group Parent Have an O Child?
No, they cannot.
A and B are dominant alleles, so if either parent has one of these alleles, the child will have type A or type B blood. The only way for a child to have type O blood is if both parents are type O.
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