If your parents hieght affects your height.....?

Question

Than why am I 5ft 4 when I'm only 13? My parents are tiny: dad is 5ft 3 and mom is 5ft 1.

also my hands are ALOT bigger than my both my parents and my foot is a size larger than my dads too.

Do you think I will grow anymore?

Answer 1

Well maybe soon you will finish growning like if you started puberty at an early age ....some do and reach there potentail height at that age ..that could be the case for you . Either that or maybe geins from another family member got pasted down to you ..Like grandparents .  

Answer 2

the same happened to my brother he's 6'2 and my parents are a few inches shorter

u could grow more! who knows!

Answer 3

really? i'm not even your age yet, but i'm almost 5'9.

Answer 4

my best friend is short and his parents are really tall

my advice look at the rest of your family are your grand parents tall or short????

Answer 5

Sometimes hormones can affect how much you grow in your  life. The height in your family may also go in rounds. My grandmother was tall, my mother is short, and even thoguh i am only 11 i am a little taller than 5 ft, 4 in.  Sometimes height may just vary.

Answer 6

you could do... your height genes could have come through your ancestors... one 2or more generations up from you!

Also... you're 5'4 at 13... you may stop growing any time now, or you could keep on growing for another 10 years!

Hope you reach the height you desire! :)

Answer 7

maybe you were switched at birth!!!

jk. someone in your family (ex. aunt, uncle, cousin, grandpa, etc.) may have something to do with it.

oh, and i'm 13... i'm like 5'2 or 5'3... my point is that it's not that unusual. some of the kids in my class (girls and guys) are like almost 6'0... and yes, they're 13 (actually, most of them are YOUNGER than me!)

Answer 8

the average man grows until he is 21 (I heard)..., but the whole thing "if my dad and my mom are 5,5 ..., I'll be 5,5 too" only applies to some people, my mom is 5,3 and my dad is 5,4 but still I am 5,8 and still growing as the doctor says...  

Answer 9

The height situation is the same with me.

But genetics is only part of it.

Its also the things you eat and drink.

Answer 10

Maybe people can be short but could have been taller genetically except for lack on nutrients / poor diet.

Answer 11

You could have gotten the genes from your grandparents or what have you; you don't necessarily get your characteristics from your parents. Also, your diet plays a role; maybe you got more nutrients than your parents when they were young and still growing? And of course you'll still grow. You can keep growing up till age 21. You hit a big growth spurt in your teenage years (I hit mine at around age 13-14 and ended it around age 15-16) and after the spurt you'll keep slowly growing till you finish puberty.

Answer 12

Usually, when you're feet are huge, you will grow taller. My feet are a bit bigger, and I'm 5'5 at 14, and still growing.

The height gene could have come from an aunt or uncle, grandparents, etc. Someone other than the immediate family.  

Answer 13

Some generics don't work like that. I guess it all depends on your diet and exercise. I am thinking that you would continue growing longer then begin to shrink. Don't worry about your size, many kids are bigger than their parents.

Answer 14

Well, the good news is that they say men with big feet........

Answer 15

idk im a girl im bout to turn 13 and im 5'4" but my mom is a couple inches taller so i dont know SORRY

Answer 16

i think you'll keep growing. you don't stop growing for a couple of years. genetics work that way i guess. you got lucky :)

Answer 17

You could.  You probably will.  But you probably won't be real tall.  You may have taller grandparents.  And you probably take more vitamins and vitamin enriched foods.  Each generation tends to be taller than the last in the US.

Answer 18

At 13 you're not done growing.  I was around 17 when I stopped.

Heredity has a lot to do with height.  You won't be 6ft, but you're not done yet.

Answer 19

Depends your probably adopted anyway if you ask questions yahoo, shrimp.

Answer 20

ur parents def. have something to do with it. u can buy these herbal growth supplements online and i think GNC

Answer 21

My parents are both shorter than me when I was your age.  If one side of your family has a lot of height on it you can get it from there.

Answer 22

genetics can affect you from your grandparents too.

Answer 23

Yes, height is hereditary. That means it can be passed down from grandparents, parents etc.

Answer 24

yeah my parents arnt that tall and im about 5/8 or 5/7 most likely you will

dont worry about it too much

Answer 25

Who knows, shorty.

Answer 26

My parents are short and I'm 6ft 3. So it doesn't mean a thing unless your Mom knew Bigfoot.

Answer 27

definitely. ur supposed to keep growing till ur 18 or 21... i forget >.< but at the very least ur going to be 5ft 8