While our blood is iron based, some animals have copper based blood turning it blue. It is called hemocyanin. Human blood is red because of the presence of hemoglobin. Lobsters, spiders, molluscs, arthropods and other animals can and do in fact have blue blood.
Humans do not.
Neither rhesus negative nor rhesus positive people.
The claim that rhesus negative blood is copper based and that the term blue blood originates from copper based blood in rhesus negatives is a complete fabrication.
There are various speculations as to where the term “blue blood” origins and again: This is something man-made in terms of coining a phrase vs. science as it is.
A popular explanation for the term is that the royals tended to have paler skin than the average person who spent more time out in the sun. Because of the paleness, the veins were seen easily and the veins seen through the tissue looked blue.
This might be a reason why there was an assumption or myth that the royal families had blue blood. Copper-based rhesus negative blood is not it.
More here: Copper based blood and the color blue
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You mentioned the ‘royals.’
I am curious to know more, if there is more.
I am 0 negative, both parents, my children etc.
There is Royalty on both sides of my father…
From England and from the Netherlands.
Does this have any meaning?
It might. I am not sure what exactly the DNA markers of the royal families happen to be, but since there is a lot of inbreeding, I am assuming that there is not too much diversity. Then again, I have been looking at some of the genealogy sites like Burke’s Peerage and according to them their ancestry goes back to the Kings of Seville and Prophet Muhammed. Have you done a full DNA test yet?
Would be interesting to find out which side of your family the O negative blood comes from.
I just ordered the DNA kit yesterday.
Very cool. It won’t get your dad’s y-DNA covered, but if you get him or a brother, male-side relative like his brother’s son tested, that will give you a more complete spectrum over your ancestry.
Feel free to share the results with me when you get them. Either in private or here. 🙂
My father’s only brother (twin) dies at age 5.
Sorry Im curious to know what your results were.
Uhm. Yes, but no. I am not “O” negative but I am B- negative and I am a woman of mixed descent. I have skin with melanin although not very dark, my skin is a bit red to olive with brown and yellow undertones and I absolutely can still see my blue veins under my skin. It’s somewhat strange because there are days when they seem brighter than others and when that happens, I notice that my eyes get a lot lighter too. I have jet black hair and medium brown eyes that go almost hazel and i noticed this happening over time. It also seems to connected more to cold weather. There must be some other people out there that have noticed. Whether it’s connected to copper blood is perhaps another matter – but rhesus negative- there is something to that.
I am perplexed…I have RH- blood, O meg. To be exact..I was going to a diet clinic that tests your blood regularly. I was told that my blood has a high Copper content and because of this I hold potassium more than usual,. I looked it up and found this was a true problem . I was eating bananas everyday trying to eat fruit and just have a better diet in general. The Dixie and they tested my blood, my potassium was dangerously high and they made me stop eating bananas because it can actually cause me to have heart issues . So this made me really wonder about that copper based blood for RH negatives and maybe why I have never been able to wear a watch without it going haywire, and why I have to change cell phones so often, I really do have an effect on electrical appliances ..Including my computer, especially when upset or excited. It did make me wonder if the copper in my blood was so conductive that it was causing these issues …And I read that other RH negatives having the same problems
Carolyn, bananas actually have a pretty low level of potassium contrary to public belief. You need to avoid things like would caught salmon, avocados and white potatoes if you want to avoid high levels of potassium. You’d need to eat 12 bananas to get 3,000 mg of potassium…Just saying…
Regarding high potassium this may not have anything to do w blood type. Other things can cause it. I’m O- and had my heavy metals tested recently along with my husband. His were twice the level mine were but he drinks out of cans and eats what he wants. He’s also rh positive. Having metals including copper in your blood is not a good thing. My gf who is a nurse practitioner had high copper levels recently and found the reason was her water. Though she generally doesn’t drink tap she showers w it and used the ice cubes and tap for her coffee. She had her water tested after her hair dresser couldn’t get the red out of. her hair and that’s what it was. This is very unhealthy and should be addressed. It’s not a blood thing. After my husband had heavy aluminum levels I bought his sodas ( he won’t give them up) in the specialty store in glass bottles and I started juicing twice a week to ensure we could have daily juice if dark greens daily including plenty of basil and cilantro as these particulars remove heavy metals. His have come down to half since then and I’m hoping it will continue. Hope this helps as we don’t want any metals in us. Very unhealthy.. lots of love and good health abd wishes to all.
Thats an interesting fact because I am rh neg and I am also sensitive to bananas and growing up, I really didn’t care for them but I started eating them for the same reasons and I noticed that my body has a physical reaction to it like it causes some digestion issues or it spikes my blood sugar. I’ve noticed that it’s just better for me not to eat them so I backed off of them significantly. It’s funny that they say that being Rh negative doesn’t necessarily indicate a copper blooded person however I’m a person of color and then while I’m not a very dark person you can absolutely see very blue veins in my body and these are in areas that are exposed to the sun where I’m tanned the most, like my arms, so to me that’s a lot, it says a lot.
Hi… I’m A neg and am like all the rest of us, eternally searching for answers since there are none or they are shrouded in mystery. I am of distant Basque descent.. Noble blood of Normandy, from the family de Beauvoir that fought with William the conqueror in 1066. It is not a coincidence… Keep digging!
Just like you.. I have an extra bone in my spine… Blood pressure is extremely low… My eyes were black when i was born and are now hazel and golden in sunlight… I have extremely hightened senses.. I have a strong sixth sense… I never get sick like everyone around me… I hardly sleep… I am constantly told that i don’t look my age…Electronic devices are sensitive to my presence… Etc… You are not deluded… You are not fabricating your reality… We are different… And you are not alone….
Same here! Basque and Irish descent aging backwards outwardly. Felt old (old soul) since consciousness. Human EMP. I get sick but only bacterial infections. Extra vertebrae, multiple osteo chondromas (may be coincidental). Light skin green eyes olive complexion blond hair low blood pressure very low body temp. 97 degrees. Don’t sleep.