What formula can estimate offsprings heights most forseeably?

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Quote from: Body Builder on December 01, 2020, 10:40:20 PM4 inches of height are way too much for a formula to be considered accurate for height.
It is common sense that a 5.5 man and a 5.3 woman won't make an 6.4 ft son most of the times.
A working formula should be accurate at least 1 inch more or less not 4 inches!

You’re right, but according to the aforementioned formula, there’s only a 5 percent change of ending up > 2 inches shorter/taller than your predicted height.

So if your predicted height is 5’5, there is a 95 percent chance that your actual height will be between 5’3 and 5’7.

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Quote from: NotSoBigBadBruin on December 02, 2020, 12:10:02 PMYou’re right, but according to the aforementioned formula, there’s only a 5 percent change of ending up > 2 inches shorter/taller than your predicted height.

So if your predicted height is 5’5, there is a 95 percent chance that your actual height will be between 5’3 and 5’7.
If you got that right my predicted height is only f||king 160cm and I'm 162cm tall.

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Quote from: Coeus on December 02, 2020, 12:57:39 PMIf you got that right my predicted height is only f||king 160cm and I'm 162cm tall.

Your point being? According to the formula, if your predicted height is 160 cm, there is a 95 percent chance that your actual height will be between 155 and 165 cm.

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Quote from: NotSoBigBadBruin on December 02, 2020, 01:07:50 PMYour point being? According to the formula, if your predicted height is 160 cm, there is a 95 percent chance that your actual height will be between 155 and 165 cm.
Then my point is to highly admire this mysterious formula cuz it precisely predicted my inherited height.

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OK, I googled again and am no longer sure if what I wrote earlier is correct. Some sources say it’s +/- 2 inches, and some sources say it’s +/- 4 inches.

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Quote from: NotSoBigBadBruin on December 02, 2020, 01:55:05 PMOK, I googled again and am no longer sure if what I wrote earlier is correct. Some sources say it’s +/- 2 inches, and some sources say it’s +/- 4 inches.

I think it is 4 inches either up or down

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I found this in a book about parenting (for dads):

Using the mid-parental height method, you first average your height with mom’s height. If you are six feet tall and mom is five feet tall, the average of your heights would be five feet six inches. Next, you add two and one-half inches to this average if you have a boy, or subtract two and one-half inches if you have a girl.
Using this example, you would then expect a boy to be five feet eight and one-half inches and a girl to be five feet three and one-half inches tall. Of course, this is just an estimate and not some magical formula. Your child may be a little taller or shorter than that, although there is a 68 percent chance that a child would be within two inches of that prediction.

I assume that if your parents grew up in a developed country, chances are you’re part of the 68 percent whose actual height is within two inches of the predicted height.

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What would be more interesting to find out rather than these formulas if whether it is the father's height specifically that decides the height of the children (especially son) or both parents. I have found divided opinions on this. If it is the former case, then it is over basically. If it is the latter, then screw formulas, just marry as tall a woman as possible.

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Quote from: InStrydeMyFaith on December 02, 2020, 04:28:03 PMWhat would be more interesting to find out rather than these formulas if whether it is the father's height specifically that decides the height of the children (especially son) or both parents. I have found divided opinions on this. If it is the former case, then it is over basically. If it is the latter, then screw formulas, just marry as tall a woman as possible.

Of course it’s not only the father’s height that determines the child’s height (just look at Jaden Smith, for example).

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6154220.stm#:~:text=Fathers%20appear%20to%20determine%20the,taller%20dads%20make%20longer%20babies.

Of course it only says "suggests" but not off to a good start