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Warpy

(114,667 posts) Sun Jun 14, 2015, 05:47 PM Jun 2015

Tissue matching is a complicated business

It won't hurt to submit a sample. Blood relatives are often not compatible while strangers might be.

They might not want your kidney, though, they prefer a much closer age match.

Still, it doesn't hurt to get tested. Thank you for the generous thought.