I'm not going to tell you my blood type, and here's why:

When I was very young, I was given an I.Q. test. I scored substantially higher than the majority of kids my age. As a result, I was treated differently than the other children. I was placed one year ahead of everyone else in my class, at a time when I was still trying to figure out how to relate to other children. I left my friends behind, and entered a class where everyone was older than I was, and had better social development than I did. As a result, I was a misfit. I believe this was a big reason that I had socialization difficulties at that time. I didn't recover from that social deficit for many years.

The I.Q. test is a measure of certain cognitive abilities. It has no predictive abilities beyond this (study after study has proven this). So why would anyone attempt to make predictions with it, or change a person's curriculum based on it? The worst thing about a test like this is, what happens if you take it on a day when you're not feeling well? Are you consigned to "also-ran" classes for the remainder of your educational career?

My parents were never told what the actual I.Q. score was, and neither was I. The school felt that this knowledge would unduly influence me or my parents. So that school has knowledge about me that I don't have, and my parents don't have. Does that strike you as an unfair power balance? I think it is. Who else do you suppose knows my score?

Knowing someone's rh factor may seem benign, but you have already drawn some "interesting" conclusions about how the rh factor might affect the nature of the person that I have become. What happens if I'm rh positive? Does that knowledge undermine all of the answers that I have given on this board so far (because I can't possibly be as "spiritual" as I say I am)?

Here's the worst part: you might be right. Genetics is a funny thing; your genes are all tied together like an intricate tapestry, so there might actually be some subtle intellectual, creative, and spiritual influences that derive from someone's rh factor.

But, like the school so long ago decided for me, I don't think you have a need to know.

O-neg: the Univesal doner suitable for all. All the men in this family are O neg 'cept for my brother. I have these things you mentioned in your first list:

lower than normal body temp lower than normal blood pressure low pulse rate

I do not have particularly keen eyesight but I have a weird ability to judge gaps to 2mm... so if, for example, you have a large piece of furniture that you need to fit between 2 other bits of furniture with limited space say against a wall, I look at the gap, then look at the bit of furniture that is intended to go into the gap and can tell if it will fit or not. I've won money betting on this as a joke, you know.. "it won't fit in there" they say and I come along, look at the bit of furniture then look at the gap and say yes or no. I can also get my car past other cars when people say there is not enough room to pass. I hope this example makes sense to you as it is quite hard to explain in txt. I always assumed that everyone could do this, sort of like I assumed that people could see around a room in the dark with their eyes closed, but apparently I was wrong about both things.

My hearing sux!

I have never considered that any of this is to do with me being rh neg, but just thought it was to do with being left handed or right brained or some other misc thing and never paid any attention to it, 'tho fitting your car past 2 parked up cars at each side is damn useful! lol!

AB-Negative. I had to take RHO-GAM shots when I was pregnant with my children and the blood bank never needs my type. They only use it for research since such a tiny percentage of the population has the type.

I had never read anything about it until now....I just considered it a rare thing and never paid much attention to it. A Japanese friend was once curious about it since in their culture blood type is important.

My sister also has it, and we are about as different as two people can be, so not sure I put much stock in the traits that supposedly go along with it. I have a couple of them you have listed, but most not.

I did a little research before responding, and I guess some people really do believe that the Rh-negative bloodlines started with an alien race or reptilian race. There were a surprising number of websites out there. Well this is all news to me! Interesting, but......I don't know!

Of course, if I do have alien bloodlines, and know about it, I am not about to admit that and expose my family! LOL...... I think this sort of thing has to be taken with a grain of salt.

I decided to make my comment an answer. The HIPAA act here in the USA protects medical info- I feel I need to protect my medical info. I understand your curiosity, but I am not comfortable with giving out my blood type. You may not have known about this Act, but I do think this question crosses the line a bit.

That is just my opinion.

Happy Researching, Jai

I'm curious, what you have found out about the A+ blood group herzmeister?