What's new
  • Sign Up to gain extra benefits and it's FREE!
    • View all the forums, much more content to view
    • See members' height and shoe size
    • Post messages and send Private Messages to members
    • View Public and Global User Albums.

Is Height All In Our Genes

Robd

Tall Men Chat Supporter
Messages
1,054
Points
113
Height example: 6'2
5'5
Shoe
7
I think i got my dad's genes and am short but i still tower him at 5'5. He's only 4'7.5" tall/short. Reached my height at 13 and stopped growing then.

But my dad has 2 younger brothers who are 6'6 and 6'7. HUGE difference and still the same genes...
 

loststar

Co-Founder
Messages
2,704
Points
113
Height example: 6'2
5' 8
CM Tall
173
Shoe
9
I think i got my dad's genes and am short but i still tower him at 5'5. He's only 4'7.5" tall/short. Reached my height at 13 and stopped growing then.

But my dad has 2 younger brothers who are 6'6 and 6'7. HUGE difference and still the same genes...
Maybe you should try to find out how tall the mail man was. . lol
 

BigFootFan13

New Member
Messages
47
Points
18
Height example: 6'2
5'7
Shoe
Size 10-11 (depending on the shoe)
I think it's a combination of genetics, nutrition, exercise, and a bunch of other environmental and biological factors. Of course, there are also situations where diseases and disorders cause excessive growth.

Regardless, I'm beginning to not really find fascination with stories about extremely tall people (especially teens and kids) who come from a tall family, but are apparently "impressive" because they also grew to be tall (as if nobody saw that coming in the first place)... one example is Olivier Rioux (a 7 foot 12 year old). He made news because of his height... which was quite interesting at first... until I learned that his dad and older brother are also pretty much around the same height. And then the fascination kinda died down for me... this happens pretty much all the time when I learn something like that. I mean, why do we act like it's so amazing for a teen to end up being extremely tall when he literally has family who are the same way? And in most cases, the teen is pretty much done growing by the time their news story comes out, so it's not like they're gonna end up being way taller in the end.

I know this was kinda off topic, but I was just kinda thinking about that lol
 

Robert G Schaefer

Active Member
Messages
393
Points
93
Height example: 6'2
6'1"
Shoe
13
I think it's interesting when you see a family where the kid (or kids) are taller than their father. Even if just a few inches. I often wonder how dad feels.
 

Robd

Tall Men Chat Supporter
Messages
1,054
Points
113
Height example: 6'2
5'5
Shoe
7
I think it's interesting when you see a family where the kid (or kids) are taller than their father. Even if just a few inches. I often wonder how dad feels.
If it is more than just a few inches... tiny and powerless haha
 
Top