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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH is 6', his brother & his dad are 6'1 & his mom is 5'2". I am 4'10", my dad is 5'5", my mom is 5'1", and my brother is 5'7". My family are overall short & DH's family are overall tall. What are expected height for my son & my daughter?[/quote]

You can’t predict it very accurately. There are so many different genetic sequences/combinations two people can make. [/quote]

Right. In most cases (unless you have achondroplasia or Marfan syndrome or whatnot), many genes determine height. Say dad has 5 tall genes and 1 short gene and mom has 3 tall genes and 3 short genes, then dad is tall and mom is average height. But different kids may inherit different combos of genes. In reality there are thousands (or more) of genetic variants linked to height.

If you read The Genetic Lottery there's a discussion of a former NBA player who was really tall (I think close to 7 feet.) Both parents were tall but neither was that tall (percentile-wise, since men are about 4-5 inches taller than women on average), but he and his parents got sequenced and basically it turned out that he inherited most of the tall genetic variants from both parents, moving him further right on the height distribution. Obviously, something similar can happen in the other direction.[/quote]

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