Predicting adult height

[Anonymous]

Husband and I are both 5'6". Doctor predicted that our daughters would be 5'4".

One started in the 75th percentile through elementary, slowed to the 50th percentile, hit puberty on the early side, and is 5'4" as an adult. So, spot on with the prediction.
BUT
One hovered in the 35th-50th percentile throughout elementary and most of middle, hit a growth spurt at about 13, and is now 5'7".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'1 and my husband is 5'6. DS is in middle school and is tracking at the 20th percentile for height. I'm hoping he's the tallest in the family and would love for him to reach 5'8...lol. My DD is in elementary school and is at the 1st percentile for height. They are predicting 4'10 for her...hoping she can eek out 5'0.

I know this is an old thread but did DS stay on the 20 percentile track?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'1 and my husband is 5'6. DS is in middle school and is tracking at the 20th percentile for height. I'm hoping he's the tallest in the family and would love for him to reach 5'8...lol. My DD is in elementary school and is at the 1st percentile for height. They are predicting 4'10 for her...hoping she can eek out 5'0.

I know this is an old thread but did DS stay on the 20 percentile track?

2 years later??? Someone is bored on a Friday afternoon. LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'1 and my husband is 5'6. DS is in middle school and is tracking at the 20th percentile for height. I'm hoping he's the tallest in the family and would love for him to reach 5'8...lol. My DD is in elementary school and is at the 1st percentile for height. They are predicting 4'10 for her...hoping she can eek out 5'0.

I know this is an old thread but did DS stay on the 20 percentile track?

2 years later??? Someone is bored on a Friday afternoon. LOL.

Yep, very bored. Came across it and was just curious. Never hurts to ask lol.

[Anonymous]

I was very tall until puberty, and expected to be 5'8", but I stopped growing earlier and ended up 5'6".

[Anonymous]

My kids are adopted from Asia, the growth charts quoted by American pediatricians didn’t reflect that. The kids were always quoted as 95% percentile USA but they ended up average height Asians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are adopted from Asia, the growth charts quoted by American pediatricians didn’t reflect that. The kids were always quoted as 95% percentile USA but they ended up average height Asians.

Oh wow! I guess that makes sense, maybe they mature faster? What is average height for Asians?

[Anonymous]

Amazing that no one has posted the midparental height formula. Here is the best answer:

For girls: Subtract 5.1 inches from dad's height and average with the mother's height to get the midparental height.

For sons: Add 5.1 inches to mom's height and average with dad's height to get the midparental height.

Take the midparental height and add 3.3 inches on either side of the midparental height. There's a 94% chance your child will end up in that range.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amazing that no one has posted the midparental height formula. Here is the best answer:

For girls: Subtract 5.1 inches from dad's height and average with the mother's height to get the midparental height.

For sons: Add 5.1 inches to mom's height and average with dad's height to get the midparental height.

Take the midparental height and add 3.3 inches on either side of the midparental height. There's a 94% chance your child will end up in that range.

This is silly. My father is 6'1". My mother is 5'1". According to this formula, their daughter should be between 5'1" and 5'7". That doesn't really nail things down lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amazing that no one has posted the midparental height formula. Here is the best answer:

For girls: Subtract 5.1 inches from dad's height and average with the mother's height to get the midparental height.

For sons: Add 5.1 inches to mom's height and average with dad's height to get the midparental height.

Take the midparental height and add 3.3 inches on either side of the midparental height. There's a 94% chance your child will end up in that range.

This is silly. My father is 6'1". My mother is 5'1". According to this formula, their daughter should be between 5'1" and 5'7". That doesn't really nail things down lol.

If I'm reading the formula correctly, it sounds like 5'1" and 5'7" would be outliers because I'm inferring a normal distribution based on the 94% number. So you'd expect her to most likely be between 5'3" and 5'5".