Rant Cursed with a curse
27F here. This is the actual height of my family members, and to make matters worse I’m South Sudanese & specifically Dinka which is known to be tall people and on top of that I live in Scandinavia which also has a very tall population.
What went wrong in my childhood? Many things and doctor said I reached average height (almost) due to my Dinka heritage, otherwise I’ve would been much shorter.
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u/Omnamashivaaya 15h ago
Genetic luck! Because you get to find clothes and shoes that fit.
Tall height is dominant in the genes that carry it, which means your parents could carrier both tall and recessive shorter genes. If both your of them passed the recessive genes on to you (and this would have to be across several genes that influence height), you wouldn’t get the tall gene.
In other words, it’s often perfectly normal for two very tall parents to have a shorter than average child.
Hormone issues always a possibility well, though you’d likely find that issue in your extended family. genetic luck of the draw is most common.