Blood Groups and the Affinities of the Canary Islanders

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Abstract
The frequencies of ABO, MNS, Rhesus, P, Kell, and Duffy blood groups in random samples of the inhabitants of Gran Canaria are presented, and employed in a discussion of their genetic affinities with those other populations which earlier cultural and biological studies suggest may have contributed to the present gene pool of the Canary Islanders. The respective contributions are calculated, and it appears that the preponderant genetic contribution comes from northwest Europe. Local genetic differences are indicated within Gran Canaria, and data on marriage patterns and the frequency of first cousin marriages show that drift cannot be excluded as a possible contributory cause of these.

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