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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is regression to the mean, so a tall mother might have a shorter son. There is a formula that pediatricians use to guess adult height, and it does vary by gender. I think with boys it's the average of father's height and mother's height plus 2 inches and with girls it's the average of mother's height and father's height minus 2 inches. So two 6 feet parents would be projected to have a 6'1" son and a 5'11" daughter.[/quote] You mean 6'2" and 5'10", right? Anyhow, men are typically taller than women, and each generation is typically taller than the one before (barring famine etc.), so it's very likely, but not a given, that a boy will be taller than his biological mother. [/quote]
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