Can you be tall with short parents?

I'm a 14 year old male, 5'6". My parents are both 5'2". Have I finished growing? Is there anyone out there who is tall but has short parents? Most of my relatives are average height, a few of them are short and the tallest one was one of my great grandfathers who was 6'1" respectively.

Thanks in advance

Reply 1

username2324383

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You can continue growing into your twenties but some people stop growing in their teens.

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yes

yes.

Of course! It's not necessarily something that you'd inherit from your parents.

For instance, I'm the best part of 6'2, but my mum's 5'1 and my dad's 5'8

Yes

no, you will only be 5'2

Reply 7

Eternalflames

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Yeah you can, try and exercise as much as you can, spine stretching exercises and lots of protein, you're at a growing age, so yes do that and you can become taller than that.

Reply 8

arkaig

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Original post by fishy789

I'm a 14 year old male, 5'6". My parents are both 5'2". Have I finished growing? Is there anyone out there who is tall but has short parents? Most of my relatives are average height, a few of them are short and the tallest one was one of my great grandfathers who was 6'1" respectively.

Thanks in advance

You probably aren't destined for much more but who know's.

My mother was 5' 4" and my dad 6' 4" but I ended up at 6' 9". But my dad's uncle was 6' 10" and my kid brother is 6' 7" so it runs in the family.

Reply 9

Odium

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my mum is 5'4 and my dad is 5'8 and im almost 6' and hopefully not done yet so idk

perhaps

Reply 10

Anonymous #1

Original post by fishy789

I'm a 14 year old male, 5'6". My parents are both 5'2". Have I finished growing? Is there anyone out there who is tall but has short parents? Most of my relatives are average height, a few of them are short and the tallest one was one of my great grandfathers who was 6'1" respectively.

Thanks in advance

My mom is probably 5 foot 4, my dad is probably 5 foot 9, I'm 6 foot 2.
So maybe :smile:

Reply 11

nexttime

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A general rule of thumb is that about 90% of offspring will have characteristics measuring between that of their two parents. In this case, men are on average 11cm taller than women, so you should adjust your mother's height up by about 4 inches.

Environment obviously also has an impact. In particular diet and illness will be important here.

Reply 12

Blue_Mason

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Genetically it is impossible as i have actually researched such matters.
You inherit the short gene from both parents, and your kids will be short

Reply 13

MMcG2015

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My partner is 6'4, his mum is 5'5 his dad is 5'7. So yeah, you can still be tall with shorter parents.

Reply 14

KingKoala

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Original post by arkaig

You probably aren't destined for much more but who know's.

My mother was 5' 4" and my dad 6' 4" but I ended up at 6' 9". But my dad's uncle was 6' 10" and my kid brother is 6' 7" so it runs in the family.

wow 6'9'' that is impressive :smile:

Reply 15

YvngAstro

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Bro my mom is 5’3 and dad 5’9 and I’m 24 at 6’2 ...... my dad used to joke saying I won’t get taller than him then that next summer I was towering over him. You never know man.

Reply 16

RickRowlinson

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My dad's parents were both under 5'10, with his dad being the shorter, and he turned out to be 6'7. It's not all down to genetics, in fact, you hear about cases like this quite a bit.

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Reply 17

RickRowlinson

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Original post by Blue_Mason

Genetically it is impossible as i have actually researched such matters.
You inherit the short gene from both parents, and your kids will be short

Haha

Reply 18

meddad

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Rather than stressing about parents heights, why don't you look at average growth statistics?

https://www.onaverage.co.uk/body-averages/average-child-height

Reply 19

tinchakxu

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yes you can but if you are a 14 year old that's only 5'6 you probably won't be taller than 5'9

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