Being 4" shorter than my own father is the biggest horror in my life and has hurt me probably more than my height itself. I've found some people that are in the same predicament as me. Remembering them, at least, will spare myself pain.
1. Robin Van Roosmalen - 5'6.5", father - 6'5"
Perhaps one of the biggest height disparity that ever happened.
2. Scott Caan - 5'5", father James Caan - 5'9"
3. Jaden Smith - 5'7", father Will Smith - 6'1.5"
4. Alfonso Freeman - 5'9", father Morgan Freeman - 6'2"
5. Scott Eastwood - 5'11", father Clint Eastwood - 6'4"
* Kron Gracie - 5'8.5", father Rickson Gracie - 5'9.5"
Both are listed at 5'9" but Kron always appears shorter in every picture.
In Fiction
Michael Corleone in The Godfather
Hud
In the movie Hud, Paul Newman (5'10")'s character is potrayed to be shorter than his father played by Melvyn Douglas (6'1.5").
Quote from: myloginacct on November 15, 2017, 11:40:20 PMYou should include the mother's height for the full picture. Human height is a polygenic trait that goes as far as your grandparents' genes.
EDIT: Might as well do it myself.
So, Jaden's mother is only 4ft 11.5in, or 151.1cm tall. I'm also seeing some websites stating he is actually 174cm tall. He looks just a bit over 170cm to me. It's an interesting interaction. He could have been much worse off.
There's no really such thing. Most guys' mothers nowadays are midgets but still end up taller than their fathers. Only the minorities such as myself and the people mentioned above that are different.
If Will Smith is 186cm, then there's no way that's how 12cm looks like.
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on November 16, 2017, 12:09:49 AMDonald and Kiefer Sutherland.
Bill Gates and his father.
Good suggestion. I missed that one.
6. Kiefer Sutherland - 5'8.5", father Donald Sutherland - 6'4"
Quote from: myloginacct on November 16, 2017, 09:35:51 PMSorry for the double post, but since this one doesn't specifically relate to my previous one, I'll just post another.
Scott Caan is definitely the worst one off this list. His mother (R.I.P.) seemed of above average height (looked 5'6"~5'7"), and his father wasn't short (5'9").
How did you come up with 5'6"-5'7"? Her mother looks quite shorter than him.
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on November 17, 2017, 03:52:27 PMWhich gives us one more reason to stop torturing ourselves by suspecting we stunted our growth by imperfect upbringing. Genetic variation allows a perfectly healthy person to still become shorter than his parent(s).
I'm not saying it couldn't happen genetically. It's just minority.
Quote from: Body Builder on November 17, 2017, 06:44:47 PMScott Caan is almost exactly like I was with a 5.9 dad and a 5.2 mother I ended up at a 5.65 which was completely normal.
It is stupid for someone to believe he stunted his growth because he is not taller than his father.
and also because his sleep deprivation and depression were extreme.
Quote from: jojo on November 17, 2017, 04:29:20 PMGuys.
Most hieght comes from the mother
Quote from: Bander72 on November 17, 2017, 06:53:16 PMYes sometimes the mother genes play more of a hand. I know two brothers one is 5 9 and the other 5 1 and their parents are 5 6 and 5 1.
If it was true, most guys would be shorter than their fathers today. There are thousands of celebrities, I only managed to find about 6 people in this case.
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on November 18, 2017, 12:30:41 AMA couple of centimeters will not decide your life's fate.
A couple of centimeters are huge.
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on November 18, 2017, 10:29:46 AMIf a couple of centimeters make a huge difference to you, then that's only becaue of mental reasons. It's only because of the magic number that is your height in centimeters which you are satisfied or not satisfied with. BruceWayne is obviously a guy with mental issues, and that's not meant as an insult. There's nothing shameful about having mental problems, but one can acknowledge they exist in some people. There is no significant difference between a guy and another guy who's 4 cm taller.
There's nothing shameful about having mental problems as much as being short.
To make you understand, imagine me being 167cm. Do you know how many women that are 168cm-172cm? It makes a difference whether I'm 1-5cm shorter than her or same height or 1-5cm taller. 170cm tall girl would be physically looking down at me when talking to me whereas she wouldn't if I was 170cm/171cm. It can work the other way too, imagine me being 163-164cm, I'd be officially below average height of white female whereas technically I'm above average as 167cm.
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on November 18, 2017, 05:47:46 PMAt 164 cm you are not talking about "only 4 cm too short", that height is 10-15 cm below average depending on where you are. Of course if you were 164 you would be happier at 168, but would you be satisfied and fully content with your height? So much that the 4 cm difference warrants a huge difference in living quality? If the answer is "yes", then there you go, it's all not as bad as you paint it to be. You can either wear 3 cm lifts or do a 4 cm LL surgery with mediocre costs and mild risks, which will very likely not leave you crippled. Your problems can definitely be solved. If the answer is "no", then 4 cm are not "huge" or will decide your life's fate.
I meant to say that 163-164cm is 3-4cm shorter than my current height. As much as I despise my current height, I must admit that if I was 164cm then it'd be game over. Now at 167cm, the situation is like a shattered glass that is not yet broken. I'm 2" under male decent height (of 5'8").
And one more thing, I've been wearing lifts for years. It DOES HELP to mask my lack of height, but it DOES NOT SOLVE the problem. A 178cm guy can also wear lifts to get to 183cm.
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on November 18, 2017, 11:19:23 PMRight, the 164 guy is just an example. But the principle still applies: If only 4 cm are really "a huge difference, a life changer" to you then that must mean your life would be turned around 180 degrees and change completely, if you were 171 instead of 167. When in reality, it's just a negligible height difference and the life of two random people who are 4 cm apart will not be extremely different.
Case in point, there are quite a lot of people of your "desired height" wishing to do LL. And there are some people who are at around 168 who say they decided not do LL or don't think about it because their lives are fine. So it's clearly not an objective, big difference between 171 and 167 but to your specific situation (which your mental state plays a huge part in) it is.
So if your "desired height" is all you want, go ahead and plan for your surgery. As I said, 4 cm can be done with relatively controllable risks and you should be fine. But don't think that your life and your physical appearance will be 100% better and different than it is now. It won't.
While not quite a life changer, if I was 4cm, it'd make a good difference for me and I regret losing it to a fked up upbringing.
I still think the benefit of 4-5cm wouldn't outweight the loss of getting crippled as a martial artist.
Quote from: myloginacct on January 21, 2018, 08:52:54 PMFound out that Daniel Radcliffe is shorter than his father. He's 5'5 (~165cm) while his dad looks 5'7 (170cm).
Bonus pics of Bill Gates and his parents.
I also hope this helps put an end to the bs I see keep being posted on these forums as to how taller people = being from wealthier and "nobler" "bloodlines". No, height is just a genetic trait like any other.
Great post! I included them in my list.
Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on February 18, 2018, 12:25:23 PMThis was the father of James Franco, who's an actor. Does it looks like this dad was taller than both his sons? 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2045411/James-Francos-father-Doug-passes-away-aged-63.html
Probably not really, beause his father is much closer to the camera. He might still be taller by 0.5" than James.
But he looks like in his 60, so I don't know...
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