your height compared to your folks

[morkinva]

I imagine most are taller than their folks. One of my parents died before I finished puberty, but I'm voting based on verbal accounts of their height.

 

[Leetman]

I'm taller than both.

 

[Jgtdragon]

I am taller than both.

 

[Qaabus]

taller than both.

Dad 182cm
Mom 172cm
me 195cm

 

[Descartes]

My mom is 5', and my dad is ~5'10". I'm almost 6'2".

 

[morkinva]

Originally posted by: Descartes
My mom is 5', and my dad is ~5'10". I'm almost 6'2".

Are you sure that's your mom and dad ?

 

[iamme]

i'm 5'9.

my parents are 5'5" and 5'4".

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Leetman
I'm taller than both.

My dad is convinced he is in fact 5'10" and therefore I am 5'11". I am 5'9". Sorry dad.

 

[Gurck]

I'm 6'1", about 1" shorter than my biological father

 

[Electric Amish]

Right about the same.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

taller than mom, same height as dad (no applicable poll choice!)

 

[Ausm]

My mom was around 5'5" and my old man is about 5'8" and shrinking.


I am 6'2"


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[Descartes]

Originally posted by: Qaabus
taller than both.

Dad 182cm
Mom 172cm
me 195cm

Let me "translate" for my brethren

Dad 5'11"
Mom 5'7"
me 6'4"

 

[minendo]

Slightly taller than my dad.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: morkinva

Originally posted by: Descartes
My mom is 5', and my dad is ~5'10". I'm almost 6'2".

Are you sure that's your mom and dad ?

I've demanded they show me my adoption papers, but they refuse [to admit] their existence.

 

[notfred]

Mom: 5'3"
Dad: 6'1"
Me: 5'11"

 

[HamSupLo]

So what determines your height? Genes from the father or mother?

 

[Qaabus]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: Qaabus
taller than both.

Dad 182cm
Mom 172cm
me 195cm

Let me "translate" for my brethren

Dad 5'11"
Mom 5'7"
me 6'4"

I'd have "translated" it myself but I still can't get my head around the imperial system.
How many inches are there in a foot again? 12 or something?

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: morkinva

Originally posted by: Descartes
My mom is 5', and my dad is ~5'10". I'm almost 6'2".

Are you sure that's your mom and dad ?

I've demanded they show me my adoption papers, but they refuse [to admit] their existence.

Are you Asian? A lot of first-generation Asians are much taller than their parents, possibly because their parents didn't have a big supply of calcium growing up (ie. the western world's high milk consumption).

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Qaabus

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: Qaabus
taller than both.

Dad 182cm
Mom 172cm
me 195cm

Let me "translate" for my brethren

Dad 5'11"
Mom 5'7"
me 6'4"

I'd have "translated" it myself but I still can't get my head around the imperial system.
How many inches are there in a foot again? 12 or something?

Yeah 12... we know the metric system makes more sense, but it's a lot like a language - once you learn it one way it's extremely difficult to make another feel natural.

 

[vshah]

taller than both. me = 6', dad = 5'7, mom = 5'5

I attribute it to my growing up in America and their growing up in India (i.e. I had better nutrition etc through my formative years)

-Vivan

 

[godmare]

I'm about 2-2.5" taller than my dad, and about 6-7" taller than my mom. I'm 5'11".

 

[gistech1978]

taller than mom
just about a hair taller than dad.

 

[Amused]

I'm taller than Mom but shorter than Dad.

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: Qaabus

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: Qaabus
taller than both.

Dad 182cm
Mom 172cm
me 195cm

Let me "translate" for my brethren

Dad 5'11"
Mom 5'7"
me 6'4"

I'd have "translated" it myself but I still can't get my head around the imperial system.
How many inches are there in a foot again? 12 or something?

Yeah 12... we know the metric system makes more sense, but it's a lot like a language - once you learn it one way it's extremely difficult to make the another feel natural.

Yeah. When I was in elementary school, in like grades 2-4, the school system was insistent upon teaching both the metric and imperial systems of measurement. It was horrible I never really became comfortable with metric.