How tall are you,parents,siblings?

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Quote from: CaptainAmerica on February 10, 2018, 06:47:05 PMMe: 5'5 ¾ (after 1 year+ of HGH up from 5'4 ½)

Dad: 5'5 ½
Mom: 5'1

MGF: 5'2
MGM: 5'7

FGF: 5'7
FGM: 5'9

Oddly enough I have "tallish" grandmothers, both of which are taller than my grandfathers. I'm surprised my parents ended up so short, especially my dad. With the heights of my grandmothers, it's pretty obvious that I have tall uncles and cousins. Most hover around 6ft, not a single one under 5'9.

Your dad's case is the weirdest I've ever seen.

I've literally never seen someone with a 5'7 dad and a mother who's at least 5'7 end up shorter than 5'9.

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Quote from: myloginacct on February 25, 2018, 02:53:03 AMYour dad's case is the weirdest I've ever seen.

I've literally never seen someone with a 5'7 dad and a mother who's at least 5'7 end up shorter than 5'9.

I hate to present an anecdotal story like this, but:

My dad's parent's got divorced when he was 12 and he ran away at 14. He was on his own for months at a time just staying with friends and sketchy people throughout the country for a few years until he came back home to serve in the military. When he was living in NY he told me he would sometimes go all day just eating a chocolate bar and then sleeping for 3-4 hours on his friend's mom's couch.

All his siblings are taller than him, uncle is 6'1, I have another aunt who is 5'8, another who is 5'7, etc...

I doubt that lifestyle could stunt his height THAT much though.

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Quote from: CaptainAmerica on February 25, 2018, 03:05:11 AMI hate to present an anecdotal story like this, but:

My dad's parent's got divorced when he was 12 and he ran away at 14. He was on his own for months at a time just staying with friends and sketchy people throughout the country for a few years until he came back home to serve in the military. When he was living in NY he told me he would sometimes go all day just eating a chocolate bar and then sleeping for 3-4 hours on his friend's mom's couch.

All his siblings are taller than him, uncle is 6'1, I have another aunt who is 5'8, another who is 5'7, etc...

I doubt that lifestyle could stunt his height THAT much though.

Too bad our science on stunted height in developed countries is so shxt.

I find 6' totally believable for someone who had a 5'9 mother and a 5'7 father. Like we mentioned before, people seem to get more height from their mother. So above-average mother + short-average father = tall children easily a possibility. To get someone shorter than both parents, though, it feels like there was something else involved there. Maybe you have some really short Tongan ancestors you never have heard of, and their recessive genes took effect in your father. Or some genetic disease he couldn't get tested in his times. I really have no idea.

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Nutrition can probably severely stunt growth, tbh. It'd nice if we could get some nutritionists and endocrinologists to post here.

I've been to developing countries in South America with large populations whose ancestors were African slaves, a lot of the black men there were really short. However, in the US, blacks are the same size as white males. So what gives? The Atlantic slave trade mostly all got their slaves from the same sources in West Africa.

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Dad 5 ft 3
Mom 5 ft 2
Grandmothers 5 ft 3 and 5 ft 7
Grandfathers 5 ft 7
Me 5 ft 10  3\4

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Quote from: YungGud on March 31, 2018, 10:30:53 AMDad 5 ft 3
Mom 5 ft 2
Grandmothers 5 ft 3 and 5 ft 7
Grandfathers 5 ft 7
Me 5 ft 10  3\4

Either bs, poor immigrant parents, or lotto winner (probably the taller grandmother's genes).

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Quote from: myloginacct on March 31, 2018, 11:18:25 AMEither bs, poor immigrant parents, or lotto winner (probably the taller grandmother's genes).
i also think its taller granmothers genes ,because my parents are white(europeans) just short ,and not immigrants

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Quote from: YungGud on March 31, 2018, 11:41:41 AMi also think its taller granmothers genes ,because my parents are white(europeans) just short ,and not immigrants

Wasn't trying to hate on you or anything. Sorry if it came across as rude. But look at this thread: mostly white people with taller parents who ended shorter. Definitely lucky, imo.

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Me: 1.63m (5' 4'')
Father: 1.7m (5' 7'') (from his driver's license when he was 21), now 1.65m (5' 5'') (he is 46)
Mother: 1.55m (5' 2'')
Sister: 1.60m (5' 3'')
Youngest sister: 1.65m (5' 5'')

It really feels bad when your baby sis is taller than you.

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Quote from: SousukeAizen on April 21, 2018, 08:15:39 PMMe: 1.63m (5' 4'')
Father: 1.7m (5' 7'') (from his driver's license when he was 21), now 1.65m (5' 5'') (he is 46)
Mother: 1.55m (5' 2'')
Sister: 1.60m (5' 3'')
Youngest sister: 1.65m (5' 5'')

It really feels bad when your baby sis is taller than you.

Well as long as it feels bad that ur sis is taller, ur height is quite normal considering ur family