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13 Nov 12
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Leonard is shorter than his mother. I'm very surprised Sheldon hasn't mentioned it.
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Hahaha! That's made me laugh, PM!
Which reminds me of our conversation of some years ago: The little lad down the road now towers over his very tall mother. So - you were right. |
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I know a couple of blokes that are shorter than their mother. Quite rare, but maybe her lack or nurture stunted his growth
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BTW one has dwarfism
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It's not really that much of an error now, is it?
I know a chap called Alex who's way shorter than his mum. He is only 2 years old, but I think that that's splitting hairs. |
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Reminds me of meeting a Pakistani that thought we were all so educated because we could all speak english...
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What height is/was Verne Troyers mother?
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And why are none of them fat? They don't do any exercise and eat a lot of fast food and fizzy drinks.
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that's a better question, setup
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The rule is:
No son is shorter than his mother, barring a medical anomaly on either side. |
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Found this on t'internet.
I've been told that a good way of predicting a child's height is the following: Let the father's height be x and the mother's height be y (in inches). For a boy, the most likely height is (x + y + 5)/2. For a girl, the most likely height is (x + y - 5)/2. This is because adult men are about five inches taller than adult women (and some other facts about the inheritance of height which I won't go into). You can see then that the most likely height for a son is (x + y)/2 + 5/2. Since the average difference between the mother's and the father's height is that the father is five inches taller, this means that on average the son will be taller than the mother. Of course, this doesn't mean that sons will always be taller than their mothers, just that on average they will. Indeed, there are (somewhat unlikely) circumstances where you can even predict that the son will probably be shorter than their mother. Suppose the mother is nine inches taller than the father (so x = y - 9). Then the formula predicts that the most likely height for the son is ((y - 9) + y + 5)/2, which equals (2y - 4)/2, which equals y - 2. So if the mother is considerably taller than the father, the son will probably be shorter than his mother. But, once again, this is only the most likely height, not what it will always be. |
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that is not the rule. That is a rule that requires that the father is usually taller than the mother, and also further down the line. It is rare because a woman generally goes for a man that is taller than her. The Y chromosome usually dictates height.
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my dad is 6 foot 3. Mum is about 5 foot 4.
I'm 6'2. |
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if your dad was 5'4 and your mother 6'3 I'd be very surprised if you were taller than your mom
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I believe a son would still grow taller than his 6 foot 3 mum, MF.
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My sister in law is 6', both her sons are 6'4''
I don't know any bloke that is shorter than their mum. |
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My mum was six feet tall. I'm only three inches taller.
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how tall are the fathers?
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My bro is same as me, 5'10'' !
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Mr Eboue • November 13, 2012 8:32 PM GMT
my dad is 6 foot 3. Mum is about 5 foot 4. has father eboue suffered from any neck problems ? |
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ma eboue definitely hasn't ;)
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TMF, I thought the same when I was talking to PM about this some years ago (father much shorter than the mother), as there was a little lad down the road from me whose dad is about 5'6" and his mother close to 6' (both guesses).
Josh (their son) was a very small child and his mates of the same age always towered above him. PM, reckoned he would grow to be taller than his mother - and in the last couple of years he's grown like one of Jack's magic beans! I'd say he's now aged 16-17 and about 6'1" or 6'2" |
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In my case I do not know, I'm afraid, MF.
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TT than ofcourse can be the case as he took the genetics from his mother's side. But I can guarantee you if you have at least 2 generations of father's shorter than the mother, the male will be shorter. Poker I am sorry to hear that. Eboue, toungue in cheek felatio joke
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I just watched Diff'rent Strokes. NOW I'm confused!
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Out of my 5 nephews they are all taller than me. My Dad was 6' and Ma 5'1''
I've given up doing arm wrestles for money against them at Christmas, far too embarrassing to keep losing! I get it back at trivial pursuit. |
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what choo talkin bout clunge
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Timothy Lumsden in Sorry!
much shorter than his mother. |
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genetic not genealogical
genealogy is the study of family trees hth |
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I'm shorter than my mum. She's 5'6, i'm 5'5. Problem?
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Speak up, Grumpy, I can't hear you down there.
I'll get me stilts  |
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I'd always assumed the unspoken implication was that she was not Leonard's biological mother. On the face of it you'd expect Sheldon to make a tactless comment; but remember that he and Leonard's mother are in constant correspondence behind Leonard's back. She's the only woman with whom we've seen Sheldon have any kind of respectful relationship.
A lot is left unstated in The BBT: I mean, Sheldon's obviously got Asperger's syndrome, but nobody ever comments on it. |