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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Measuring heights becomes less accurate the moment they no longer measure your child on the exam table. College coaches are notorias for fudging heights a bit for rosters that 5'11.5" kid becomes 6 ft etc
There are very few men and people in general worldwide who are over 6ft tall nevermind the 6'4" to 6'6" that posters regularly claim. As far as I know, DC isn't disproportionately populated by Dutch, Slavic,c and Dinka populations, so the vast majority are not over 6 ft,t and few are even close to 6ft.
As for your son, Op, based on the family history you shared, I'd say at max he'll probably be 6'2".
That said, the best thing you can do for your son is not to be obsessed with his height, don't let it become his identity or his focus.[/quote]

Approximately 1% of men are 6’4 or taller. That’s uncommon, but not quite as rare as you’re pretending. The DC greater metro area has approximately 3 million males. 1% of 3 million is 30,000. In this thread there have been, what, maybe 10 people claiming to know someone that tall (and mind you, these tall folk don’t even necessarily have to be from the area!) and many of you are insisting that it’s sTaTiStIcAlLy ImPoSsIbLe!!  Are you sure? Because it’s more likely that you’re not good at math.[/quote]

That means there are almost 3 million males who are under 6’4”.

My family is a mixture of Slavic and Irish so we have a variety.   We have one family member over 6’4”, the females are between 5’2” and 5’10”.  The other males in the family are between 5’9 and 6’2”.

People talk about height a lot.   My son growing up was always in the middle 50% in height.  In elementary school there would be a couple of tiny boys and 1 or 2 much taller.  The rest would all be indistinguishable from each other, all pretty much the same size.   
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