"...Our expression of blood groups in the blood typing test depends on the genes we get - one from each parent (Our genotype). Blood group A is dominant, which means that the result of our blood test (Our Phenotype) is group A whether we get one or two A genes from our parents. Group O is recessive, which means that we must receive both our parental genes as O to have an O blood group phenotype. If one parent gives us an O and the other gives us an A, we will test as A.
This was the heart of Wessex. There was a rumor that the Celts and the Saxons ganged up and invaded from the west, I don't agree my mother was and is AB and I am O+ as were my Father and Grandfather.