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Am I adopted if my mother is a O+ blood type, my father is A+ but I am AB+ ?

I saw recently that this cannot be possible and I want more proof before confronting my parents.
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I would caution you to be absolutely certain of your parents' blood types before you say anything to them. It would be horrible if you "confront" them and then find out you are wrong about their blood types.

Also, how old are you and how old are they? This would be a different conversation if you are 60 and they are 85, than it would be if you are 15 and they are 38. (If you are in the younger range that I mentioned, please wait to discuss this until you are 18 or 21 or 25. A teenager 'confronting' his or her parents about something like this is not a logical or pretty sight.)

Please also keep in mind that although it's not in line with new thinking about adoption, some agencies do counsel the adoptive parents not to tell their child ... if you find out that you are adopted and were not told, your parents may have been acting in good faith and doing what they were told was best for you. Parents don't hide the fact that someone was adopted in order to hurt their child, but because they think that for one reason or another it will be better not to tell.

One more natural and gentle way to bring it up, if you feel a confrontation is necessary, is to tell your mom or dad that you are interested in doing a 23-and-Me style DNA test for fun, to see about geneology and hidden ancestors the family doesn't know about. If they know something you don't know about your background, they will probably mention it then.
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I am also thinking, if you are concerned about this because of inheritable diseases (such as, if one of your parents has a condition that is known to be passed down the bloodline), that might be a way to bring up the issue. My son is not my biological child although I carried him and gave birth to him (he was from a donor egg) and I know he won't get my grandfather's deafness and the macular degeneration in both sides of my family. If you were to ask your mother about your odds of getting a family condition and she were to tell you that they are very low, this would be a hint that you were adopted.
I should add, it would be a hint that you were adopted (or that you were from a donor egg) -- in other words, if your mom is not worried about you getting a condition that travels down the bloodline from your dad or herself, that will tell you something.
I am also thinking of the possibilities of you being one parent's biological child but not the other's. One of the reasons I suggested that if you were 15 you not broach the subject, is that you might find out things you don't want to find out.
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