Question

Mr. and Mrs. Baxter had three children of their own and adopted two orphans. The table shows the blood groups of all the members of the Benjamin family.

Answer 1

The adopted children are:

Shaquana- AB

Ashanti- O

Mr. Baxter blood group is AB, represented by IAIB

Mrs. Baxter blood group is O, represented by ii

If we are going to cross multiply these genotypes, the resulting offspring would be:

IAi, IAi, IBi, IBi

The blood group of their offsprings are:

IAi = A

IBi = B

Based on the result their three children are:

Christina - A

Bethlee- A

ANgegeque- B

The adopted children are:

Shaquana- AB

Ashanti- O