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-- Posted by Anonymous at 4:28 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

Now I am built or stocky or whatever other word you may think of but I am 5'6 and a half. My dad is 6'9 and my mom is 5'8. I am 17 and I doubt I will be growing anymore. I doesn't make sense. I should be inbetween my parents or atleast one of them.


-- Posted by J BiGGZ at 4:29 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

Didn't eat your vegetables?


-- Posted by katjassidekick at 4:29 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

You're only 17, I'm guessing you're a male... you still have time to grow.


-- Posted by imSOFAKINGrad at 4:29 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

you got your moms genes.


-- Posted by Ska Ninja at 4:29 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

God hates you!!!


-- Posted by Spuddlesworth at 4:31 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

Doesn't quite work like that.  It's a multi-allelic system.

I'm also your height and I'm 19.  I feel the same as when I was 17 though.


-- Posted by namefake3 at 4:32 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

you have faulty gennetics


-- Posted by blufindr at 4:32 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

It's some recession thing. The highest you'll get would be your mom's height. Unless you have really fantastic genes.


-- Posted by SavannahNoel at 4:38 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

Haha.
Don't worry, I'm 5 foot 0.


-- Posted by 0h h3ll n0 at 4:42 pm on Nov. 29, 2008

Hmm Idk why its like that....I'm kind of the opposite...my mum is like 5ft7, I'm almost 5ft9 (I'm a girl) and my dad is only 5ft10-11ish I think.


-- Posted by austin s23 at 12:26 am on Nov. 30, 2008

it happens
drink milk


-- Posted by longhornforever23 at 1:33 am on Nov. 30, 2008

it's genes, and you might not grow much more :/


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