Genes are weird. My best friend is 5'6" and her husband is 6'6". I am 5'3" and my husband is 6'1".

Both of our sons are 6'2". Mine may end up taller than hers as mine is mid-teens and hers is late-teens. Her son definitely has a better diet than mine.

The first time I saw his father, who is 6 foot 3.

I assume shoe size is a bigger indicator than height. If your son’s shoes are consistently large compared to his friends it seems a better chance. My 1st grader wears the same size shoe as many of his older brothers’ friends (based in bowling); I don’t necessarily think he will be super tall, I just think there are more short men in the DC area than elsewhere (I grew up on the W Coast where everyone seems taller for some reason)

Anonymous wrote:My husband is very tall (6'5"!) and I'm 5'9" so we always knew our children would be tall. All of them really took off in the 12-18 years. One son still grew a half inch at 20.

My DH is 5'6" and I'm 5'8", My kids are in HS. Out older DS is 6'1" and started growing like a weed in MS during CoVID. He grew 3/4 inch in the past year.

Our younger DS didn't have a significant growth spurt until last year at 15. Doctor said that he was barely showing signs of puberty in summer 2024. He grew 3" in the past year. He was 5'9" at his checkup this summer but I feel like I'm having to look up to him in the few months since then. He's been in the low 30 percentiles for most of his life. However, doctors always said he could possibly catch up to his brother eventually. I suspect he's pretty much done growing, but what do I really know?

I always imagined my kids would be tall despite my DH's height. I know I got "tall" genes from my maternal grandmother, who was my height. She had plenty of short people in her family and my paternal side is short to average. My husband's family is mostly short to average. (When I say short I mean under 5'5" for men and women on my side and DH's side. His mom is under 5'.)

My husband is very tall (6'5"!) and I'm 5'9" so we always knew our children would be tall. All of them really took off in the 12-18 years. One son still grew a half inch at 20.

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Anonymous wrote:Assuming your heights are accurate., most aren't, your son will probably be between 5' 10" and 6ft.

You think most adulta don't know their own height?

Working on healthcare I can tell you most don't.

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Anonymous wrote:Assuming your heights are accurate., most aren't, your son will probably be between 5' 10" and 6ft.

You think most adulta don't know their own height?

I think a lot of men overshoot it

Anonymous wrote:Assuming your heights are accurate., most aren't, your son will probably be between 5' 10" and 6ft.

You think most adulta don't know their own height?

Anonymous wrote:I mean, maybe I’m wrong but I already feel that way about my third child. He’s four months old and in the 99% for both height and weight and is currently wearing 9-12 month clothes (and some are getting tight). He’ll be in the 12-18 month clothes before he turns 5 months old. My other two were nothing like this - one slightly above average height consistently, and one rather tall, consistently around the 75-80 percentile, but like regular-tall not insane-tall.

My husband is slightly above average height (5’11”) but I’m very, very tall - 5’10” - and so is my mother. There are several men in my family over 6’3”.

I would guess he’s going to be very, very tall.

This was my baby. His dad is 6’4. Baby is now five years old and solidly 50th percentile for height. Remains to be seen if he will shoot back up again.

Always in the 99th percentile. 6'6" at 15

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Anonymous wrote:eye roll, OP

+100.

It's getting ridiculous, this height obsession. And people just lying about their husbands and sons heights.

I wish it were just online but it's trickling into real life too

Because of social media and dating apps

Assuming your heights are accurate., most aren't, your son will probably be between 5' 10" and 6ft.

boys often grow a ton during the preteen and teen years. shorter classmates sometimes leapfrog taller ones. you might not really know until then.

Anonymous wrote:At what age did you realize your son was going to be super tall (6’3” or taller)?

We obviously have no idea yet but we have a 5 year old who is head and shoulders taller than his peers. He is currently 55 pounds and 50” tall.

Genetically - mom is in the 90th percentile for women (5’8”) but dad is probably average height (5’10”).

When did you know your son was going to be super tall or were you just surprised at the end?

Same parental stats here (5'10M, 5'8.5"F). DS was tall all through elementary school (not freakishly so, but he was one of the youngest in the class and consistently one of the tallest). By 6th/7th grade he was 99th percentile and convinced he would be at least 6'3"... and then he stopped growing in 8th grade. He's currently 16 and not quite 6 feet.

I remember in 5th grade my 2 two best friends and I (girls) were all the same height and considered tall. One is now 5'2" and one is 5'11. I don't think you can know for sure until you get through puberty.

When I found out I was having a boy because my FIL and DH are 6'7" and I'm 5'10". I guess he could suprrise us but he's been 99th percentile his whole life.