the height of your parents is irrelevant in deciding how tall you will be

[Kayra139]

The more people I ask about height the more its apparent to me.

So many tall people have short parents and so many short people have tall parents

Although height is 99% genetics (unless ur a raw dairy merchant between 0 and 15).

Tall parents DOES NOT mean you will be tall.

Here's the theory:

- tall parents can carry genes for tall height
- however many of these genes won't affect you
- this is because height is influenced by over 1000 genes in your DNA
- some of these genes will work in weird ways
- for example if you have parents from different ethnic backgrounds
- genes from certain backgrounds eg Jew may have a height gene that only works if you have another copy of that height gene inherited from the other parent
- this is caused by dominant vs recessive alleles (i.e brown eyed alleles take priority over blue eyed so if you have a copy of both then you will have brown eyes)
- therefore if you have a gene that causes 3mm height growth on one side of the family like a Jew but your other parent is scandinavian then the scandinavian gene may be the dominant allele which takes charge over the Jew genes and voids the 3mm height growth.
- however this wouldnt affect ur jewish parent since they come from a family of jews so they would most likely all have this gene
- additionally some genes may work in ways such as one copy that adds 3mm of height growth whilst alone but paired with another copy it adds 9mm rather than 6mm
- these numbers are exaggerated there are no genes solely responsible for height changes that big

personally this applies to me as i am finished growing at 5'9 even tho my dad is 6'3 and mum is 5'8

lmk your thoughts


ALSO IM THE FIRST PERSON ON ORG TO DROP THIS BALL KNOWLEDGE SO REP KINDLY???

explains why my bro is 5'10 and i am 5'7 at the same age

 

[HostSamurai]

Just get LL and you will stop complaining about this.

 

[confirmgy]

explains why my bro is 5'10 and i am 5'7 at the same age

yeah, if only my parents height actually matters - all the online calculators say i should be minimum 5 inches taller than i am now

 

[Kayra139]

yeah, if only my parents height actually matters - all the online calculators say i should be minimum 5 inches taller than i am now

i decided i will cope with 5'9 once i reach it, 2 more inches

 

[confirmgy]

i decided i will cope with 5'9 once i reach it, 2 more inches

im there right now, its actually not horrible bcs ur not really a manlet tho its impossible to slay hoes because no matter where you go someone will always be taller. instead of 2 inches just aim for 15 and become an omegamogger

 

[Kayra139]

im there right now, its actually not horrible bcs ur not really a manlet tho its impossible to slay hoes because no matter where you go someone will always be taller.

real and i'd say slaying begins height wise from 5'10+ push for one more inch. (i dont wanna slay so i dont care)

instead of 2 inches just aim for 15 and become an omegamogger

 

[confirmgy]

real and i'd say slaying begins height wise from 5'10+ push for one more inch. (i dont wanna slay so i dont care)

ngl 5'10 isnt really slaying height in my opinion, more like 6' is where it properly starts tho you could make a case for 5'11

 

[Kayra139]

ngl 5'10 isnt really slaying height in my opinion, more like 6' is where it properly starts tho you could make a case for 5'11

where i live it's pretty good you would be considered tall enough - it really comes down to where you live at the end

 

[confirmgy]

where i live it's pretty good you would be considered tall enough - it really comes down to where you live at the end

very true, here in the uk 5'10 is the avg height

 

[Aviator]

My uncles father is 5'5 mother is 5'3 no one is tall in their family but their son is 6'4