Mood Swings? Blame your Blood Type!

Are you moody? Or eccentric? Ambitious? Do you love Bach? Perhaps it's down to your blood type.

The four groups A, B, AB and O could be responsible for a lot more in our lives than we think.

What do Elvis Presley Prince Charles, Al Capone and Charlie Chaplin - not to mention around 26 million people in Britain - have in common? Well, they are all blood group O - the most common blood group in the world.

As a donor you'll have been told your blood group - O, A, B or AB. But did you realise what an influence your blood group may have on you?

The famous geneticist Steve Jones's book In the blood describes how researchers have measured the heart rates of people of different blood groups while they listened to music.

They found that group As were attracted to harmony, Bs to rhythm, Os to melody and ABs liked all three (especially Bach)!It’s in the bloodIn Japan they attach particular importance to blood groups.

On the island of Miyajima, there's a special post 'box with four slots, each marked with a different blood group. For a few yen you can put your hand in and pull out a fortune written according to your group.

So, if you're A you'll discover you're conservative and cooperative, Bs will find out they're eccentric, Os, relaxed, ambitious, but poor on detail, and AB types moody and standoffish!

As and Bs should avoid each other as partners, but either would be happy with an AB partner. Os should stick to their own type, and steer clear of Bs.

Japanese couples planning to marry sometimes ask each other their blood group. In business some offices even attempt to get the right blend of blood groups to ensure working harmony!