“A compassionate, real story of a little boy donating blood to his twin sister, believing that the procedure would kill him”
What FACTLY found
This is not a real story but a made up one. This is evident from the fact that, in most countries, the age limit to donate blood is 18 and few countries permit 16 –17 year olds to donate provided they fulfil the necessary conditions. Contrary to this fact, the post highlights that a little boy donated blood, which could not be true. As per Snopes, a similar story has been going around since at least the 1920s. A 1925 Mary Pickford film, Little Annie Rooney featured a similar story of a 12-yea...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 May 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 May 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.