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Genotype Compatibility Genotype compatibility is a topic that should be discussed as a matter of necessity, between partners who intend to get married and/or bear children. This helps prevent future problems for partners and their child(ren). The WHO 2014 statistics, says that; “at least 100,000 babies die from the sickle cell disorder in Nigeria every year.” What is genotype? Genotype is simply the genetic makeup of an individual organism which determines a specific characteristic. Blood genotype indicates the type of protein (Haemoglobin) found in your red blood cells. There are six blood genotypes which are AA, AS, AC, SS, SC and CC (very rare). Who is genetically compatible? Two people are genetically compatible when there is no possibility of birthing a sickle cell diseased child. To know if genotypes are compatible, a physical pairing with the letters can be done. For example,  AA x AS can produce either AA or AS. SS x AA will produce AS throughout. These examples above are most