Hi, fellows all. I was born in 1955 an undiagnosed Rh child: mother A negative, father O positive, neither of whom had any knowledge of this condition. I was a second child, born yellow. Mum was concerned, but the staff said, it’s not a bother, babies are often born like that, we’ll wait and see if she recovers. Well, skin tone recovered, mum went home. My condition is probably mild compared to some tragic stories I have been hearing, but I have had cognitive, social, and memory problems all my life, and a bundle of minor conditions that were never taken seriously. School was hard, because I simply could not remember things - dates and names in particular, even though I could recall the background ‘story’ of lessons. As for sports, I had no stamina; my heart would race, I would be scared to death, and be told to try harder. As a child teachers assumed I was lazy, instead of looking for another reason. These days underachieving kids get sent for diagnosis, but back then, you were told off. My younger brother, born four years later was luckily RH negative. Despite the fact that this condition was then known, the doctors didn’t inform my parents,do tests, or even ask if they knew their blood groups. It’s only recently that I found out about this condition and can finally understand why I was (am) ‘different’. It has been hard hiding my lack of memory, and the occasional absolute brain dysfunction when under stress, such as exams and interviews, which stymied any chance of a decent career. How do you explain to people that you are not stupid, that you just don’t have a functioning memory? My past recedes behind me in a series of snapshots, and I live for the moment. I’m not looking for sympathy, I now have a husband who understands. I’m simply sharing information, just in case one day someone does care enough to research, my story may be added to the equation - but I suspect, being maybe the only condition to have been discovered, diagnosed, and become treatable within a generation, Rh survivors simply have to get on as best they can.