{"id":842,"date":"2016-07-09T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T09:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=842"},"modified":"2016-09-17T22:05:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T22:05:46","slug":"cherokees-high-rh-negative-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/cherokees-high-rh-negative-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Cherokees high in rh negative blood?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Are Cherokees high in rh negative blood?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>As we have learned, the native American tribes we know about in South America seem to be originally all 100% blood type O positive.<\/p>\n<p>It also appears to be quite similar for the tribes of North America, except for the exception that about 80% of the Blackfoot Indians of Montana have blood type A.<\/p>\n<p>Repeatedly the claim has been brough up that Cherokees might have had a high percentage of rh negative blood.<br \/>\nHere is a study from 1962 putting this claim to rest:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Rh  types  are  set  forth  in table 5. As  <strong>all  blood  samples<\/strong>  were  <strong>positive  <\/strong>with anti-Rho (<strong>D<\/strong>), gene  frequencies  could  be obtained by  counting.  The most  common phenotypes  are  Rh1Rhl (DCe\/DCe)  and Rh1Rh2  (DCe\/DcE),  and  the R1 (DCe) allele is more frequent in both full-blooded and  mixed Indians  than  all  other  Rh  alleles  combined.  In  the  absence  of  both Rho (Dccee)  and  rh  (dccee)  phenotypes, it is impossible  to  differentiate  between R0 and r alleles. Of 250,  74.4%  were  in  group 0, 16.0% A, 7.2% B, and 2.4%  AB. <strong>Among 110 considered  full-blooded,  93.6%  were group 0.<\/strong> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This strongly indicates that the original Cherokees were also 100% blood types O positive.<\/p>\n<p>Download the free PDF file here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Pollitzer_et_al-1962-American_Journal_of_Physical_Anthropology.pdf\">Blood Types of the Cherokee Indians<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Are Cherokees high in rh negative blood?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Are Cherokees high in rh negative blood?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>As we have learned, the native American tribes we know about in South America seem to be originally all 100% blood type O positive. It also appears to be quite similar for the tribes of North America, except for the exception that about 80% of the Blackfoot Indians of Montana have blood type A. Repeatedly the claim has been brough up that Cherokees might have had a high percentage of rh negative blood. 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