Could it be that the ancient Hebrews had much higher percentages of Rh negative blood? For the most part, today’s Jewish populations tend to have similar Rh- percentages as the general populations of the countries where their families and ancestors had dwelled for centuries. The Israeli version of the Red Cross, Magden David Adom (Red Star of David) claimed once 10% of Israelis are Rh negative. However, the Jerusalem Post uses 15% as the percentage of Israelis to be Rh negative. This makes a ton more sense than 10 having examined numerous studies of blood type frequencies among various Jewish populations. BUT… it’s still relatively low for a population so often mentioned in connection with Rh negative frequencies. Did you … Continue reading Ancient Hebrews likely much more Rh Negative than today’s Ashkenazi populations