Yes. If genetics aren't in favor, and the child's lifestyle is poor, than 2 tall parents can have a short child.
Two tall parents can have a short kid. This is because of recessive genes, genes that were not in your parents but probably in your grandparents, or great-grandparents. Some can be invoked from your early ancestors.
It's a common mistake that someone should be as tall as their parents. The fact is, our height is controlled by hundreds or even thousands of different genes, some make us shorter and some make us taller. Which ones you get from your parents is totally random. That's why not all siblings are the same height.
If a mother and father are the same height, their daughters will be roughly the same height, but their sons will be taller. This is because in order for the mother to be the same height as her husband, she must have more of the other 'tall genes' than him, and these get passed onto her sons.
However, several formulas can provide a reasonable guess for child growth. Here's a popular example: Add the mother's height to the father's height in either inches or centimeters. Add 5 inches (13 centimeters) for boys or subtract 5 inches (13 centimeters) for girls.
Chances are you'll be around the same height as your parents. If one parent is tall and one short, then you're likely to end up somewhere in between. But you could be taller or shorter, too. Boy, there are a lot of "buts" when it comes to height!
For an exceptionally tall man, his son will be around 4 inches (10cm) shorter than him. His son will still be taller than average. A 58-inch-tall (147cm-tall) man will have a 63.5-inch-tall (161cm-tall) son. For an exceptionally short man, his son will be around 5.5 inches (14cm) taller than him.
When Do You Stop Growing? For both girls and boys, growth typically stops when puberty ends. For girls, who begin puberty earlier than boys, that is around age 15 or 16. For boys, growth can continue until around age 18.
Changes in Boys
They tend to grow most quickly between ages 12 and 15. The growth spurt of boys is, on average, about 2 years later than that of girls. By age 16, most boys have stopped growing, but their muscles will continue to develop.
Taking care of himself — eating well, exercising regularly, and getting plenty of rest — is the best way for your son to help his body reach its natural potential. No pill, formula, or nutritional supplement can increase someone's height. Mostly, our genes determine how tall we will be.
Scientists estimate that about 80 percent of an individual's height is determined by the DNA sequence variations they have inherited, but which genes these changes are in and what they do to affect height are only partially understood.
A simple method to predict adult height is to double the child's height at age 2. Girls develop more quickly, so doubling their height at 18 months old can also be used as an estimate of how tall they will be as adults.
Though it's probable that your real height is close to your predicted height, this isn't always the case. It's entirely possible for two short parents to have a tall child, and vice versa. It's just more likely that the child of short people will end up vertically challenged.
Just because we do not see a specific ancestral trait does not mean that he/she does not carry it. The more tall ancestors you have determines the likelihood of you being tall, however, if there is even one ancestor that carries the genetics of shortness you have a possibility of ending up short!
Men are most satisfied when they are 3 inches (8cm) taller than their partners. Another study found that among men, 13.5 percent prefer to date only women shorter than them. But among women, about half (48.9 percent) preferred to date only men taller than them.
A major growth spurt happens at the time of puberty, usually between 8 to 13 years of age in girls and 10 to 15 years in boys. Puberty lasts about 2 to 5 years.
Genetically, you actually carry more of your mother's genes than your father's. That's because of little organelles that live within your cells, the mitochondria, which you only receive from your mother.
The simplest way to conclude if you're tall or not is to look around you. If you're in the US, compare your own height to the North American average for men, which is 5'9″ (177 cm). If you are 5'10” (178 cm) or taller, you are considered taller than average in North America.
All men inherit a Y chromosome from their father, which means all traits that are only found on the Y chromosome come from dad, not mom. The Supporting Evidence: Y-linked traits follow a clear paternal lineage.
You might have noticed that taller parents often have tall children who are not necessarily taller than their parents—and that's a good thing. This is not to suggest that children born to tall parents are not necessarily taller than the rest.
How Tall Should a 12-Year-Old Be? We can only speak to national average heights here in North America, whereby a 12-year-old girl would be between 137 cm to 162 cm tall (4-1/2 to 5-1/3 feet). A 12-year-old boy should be between 137 cm to 160 cm tall (4-1/2 to 5-1/4 feet).