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How is this possible?
People say your height is determined by genetics. I am a 5'7.5 male and I am 15 years old. My dad is 5'8 but it will be impossible for me to be his height because I still have at least 6 more years to grow (late bloomer). But that's not my question because I have asked that question before and have received weird answers. So on my mom's side everyone is short, my grandfather was around 5'6-5'7 and my uncles are 5'6-5'9 BUT I have one uncle who IS 6'2!!!!!!!! How is that possible. This is a weird trend that has happened multiple times to my relatives. My cousins (who are all adults now) are 6'0-6'2.5 BUT their dad or my uncle is below 5'11 (sorry I don't know the exact height but I KNOW FOR A FACT he is shorter than 5'11) even the daughters are tall, they range from 5'9-6'0 and my aunt or their mother IS ONLY 5'6!!!!! I know you can't fully determine this but do you think this could happen to me? There are a couple more examples but these are the most surreal ones. Thank you in advance.
3 Answers
- ?Lv 76 years ago
You will probably peak at 5'11 at 18.
To grow taller plenty of protein, calcium, vitamin D and zinc all help.
To reach your potential height you need adequate sleep (from 8-10 hours per night), adequate calories and a normal healthy diet.
Plenty of protein from eggs, meat, poultry, sea food and dairy products helps as well as calcium from milk, cheese and other dairy products. You also need plenty of zinc from red meat, oysters, mussels, nuts and seeds and zinc fortified cereals such as Weetbix. Vitamin D3 via the Sun also helps.
Most girls usually stop growing at 15 and in most cases any further height growth from 15-21 is insignificant but there are exceptions such as late bloomers.
Most guys usually stop growing at 18 and in most cases any further height growth from 18-25 is insignificant but there are exceptions such as late bloomers.
Under eating and under sleeping can, to some extent, stunt your height growth. Exercise does not help your height growth and smoking can actually reduce your potential height by a whole inch.
You can see further tips in a web search for "how to grow taller naturally".
- ?Lv 76 years ago
It's unlikely you'll keep growing another 6 yrs. Regardless of when you started, you finish by 17 or 18.
Plenty of people are taller (or shorter) than their parents.
- Anonymous6 years ago
Because you get your genes from not only your parents but generations of family before you too. My father had red hair yet his parents didn't & his grandparents didn't. He got his red hair from his great great grandmothers father.
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