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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids eat a much more varied and nutritious diet than I did as a kid and they're both forecast to be shorter than us.  We don't have any obesity in the family and are all fit.

DH and I are both 5'8" tall.  Our girls are expected to be 5'2" and 5'6", so noticeably shorter than both of us.   We attribute it to genetics given other shorter female family members.  It shouldn't be diet, as we eat a pretty darn clean and healthy diet by any standard.[/quote]

Your DH is short, actually really short, you however are tall, if you are the tallest female in your family then you are an outlier. A genetic fluke.[/quote]

This weird poster makes no sense. [/quote]

Not really, I get it. Tall mom canceled out by short dad. So the kids ended up somewhere in the middle. If dad was 6'3" and the girls ended up those heights it would be unusual.[/quote]

Exactly, not sure what is weird about it, but children on average end up somewhere in the middle of the two parents, for genetic potential. The 5'6 girl is a bit taller than average and the 5'2 is a bit shorter than average. Mom is taller than average, and DH is shorter than average, you get one kid taller than average and one shorter than average. Sounds about right.

If 5'8 mom had chosen to procreate with a 6'2 dad, then the children would have had a much better potential to be taller than average, but if you procreate with a shorter-than-average person, your kids end up right where they were supposed to, one a bit taller for a female and one a bit smaller for a female. If your kids had ended up being 6'2 or 4'10 then that would be unusual indeed. [/quote]

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