Why Am I Shorter Than My Dad - Im shorter than most of my immediate family. Im 5’6, my mom is 5’9, my sister is 5’10 and my dad is 6’3. I just don’t get it, how my mom, dad and sister are tall, but i’m so short. I am still 14, so it kinda makes sense if i am shorter than my dad. But i also noticed that many kid same age as me is usually close to their mum’s (or even dad’s) height if not taller. If you've got two of these that means you've got two recessive genes. I'm shorter than both of my parents. My dad is 6'1 and my mom was 5'5 (before she started shrinking after menopause). I'm a hair above 5'2. My sister is 5'7. The genetic factors that. There's nothing wrong with short men. My mum is an inch taller than my dad, whose 5'5. My husband is 5'8 and one of the taller ones in his family. I'm 5'6, so taller than. If you feel you’re too short — or too tall — you can blame your genes. And it looks like there’s plenty of blame to go around. Adult height is mostly determined by the information encoded in our dna—children from tall parents tend to be taller and those from short parents are shorter, but these estimates. The reality is that environmental factors, mostly nutrition, also play a key role in helping an adolescent reach their potential height. How to calculate your estimated height in. However, due to my mum's height being so much shorter than my dad's, it was likely i could be near the middle of. The varying genetics around that mothers' genes in her family (whether or not those genes exist, or not, and how dominant they are) determine that. Fathers' genetics are more consistent in terms of dictating how tall a man will be. I am 2 inches shorter than my dad, but have bigger hands. Does this mean i will grow taller? I am nearly 16 year old male and i am about 55 in tanner stage 4. 2.
Im shorter than most of my immediate family. Im 5’6, my mom is 5’9, my sister is 5’10 and my dad is 6’3. I just don’t get it, how my mom, dad and sister are tall, but i’m so short. I am still 14, so it kinda makes sense if i am shorter than my dad. But i also noticed that many kid same age as me is usually close to their mum’s (or even dad’s) height if not taller.