Bet you dont know a male who is shorter than his natural mother?

Bjorn Bored.

Apparently this is true albeit not 100% but dam close,basically it is almost genetically impossible for this to occur,and when I rack my brains to think of one single exception to the rule,I cannot find one, A son can occasionally be the same height as his natural mother,but hardly ever smaller than her. A daughter can of course be taller than her father.

Go away and think about that now.

Poor Uncle Tom

Slow day?

orourkeda

this guy

http://helpfulhospitality.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dwarf.jpg

Storminateacup

My neighbour is shorter than his mother.

kraggy

Storminateacup wrote: »

My neighbour is shorter than his mother.

Yeah but he's only 6!

orourkeda

Bjorn Bored. wrote: »

Apparently this is true albeit not 100% but dam close,basically it is almost genetically impossible for this to occur,and when I rack my brains to think of one single exception to the rule,I cannot find one, A son can occasionally be the same height as his natural mother,but hardly ever smaller than her. A daughter can of course be taller than her father.

Go away and think about that now.

Superb paradox.

I always thought something that wasnt 100% true was false.

Bjorn Bored.

orourkeda wrote: »

this guy

http://helpfulhospitality.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dwarf.jpg

ah that just an anomaly,proves why its not 100%,but seriously do you personally have any relatives who break this rule,but ya dont:pac:

Bjorn Bored.

needless to say it applies to when the son is FULLY GROWN

Ghandee

Complete bull crap.

Harvey is much shorter than his mam, Katie Price !(for the mean time)

orourkeda

Bjorn Bored. wrote: »

ah that just an anomaly,proves why its not 100%,but seriously do you personally have any relatives who break this rule,but ya dont:pac:

No. But I'm 6' 3. How many women do you know who are 6 ft 4

walshb

Bjorn Bored. wrote: »

Apparently this is true albeit not 100% but dam close,basically it is almost genetically impossible for this to occur,and when I rack my brains to think of one single exception to the rule,I cannot find one, A son can occasionally be the same height as his natural mother,but hardly ever smaller than her. A daughter can of course be taller than her father.

Go away and think about that now.

I remember being told about this many years ago, and like you, I cannot think of anyone that I know that is shorter than their mother. Wanna' include dwarves?:)

AckwelFoley

Bjorn Bored. wrote: »

needless to say it applies to when the son is FULLY GROWN

and excluding primordial dwarfism and wee man lookalikes

Bjorn Bored.

orourkeda wrote: »

No. But I'm 6' 3. How many women do you know who are 6 ft 4

Exactly! proves my point, a fully grown male will Always be taller than his natural mother! see?:)

AckwelFoley

Bjorn Bored. wrote: »

Exactly! proves my point, a fully grown male will Always be taller than his natural mother! see?:)

Its due to the fact the majority of women are smaller than their partners.

If a woman was 6'1 and the man was Danny De Vito, The likleyhood is that they will have children - male and female smaller than her but taller than him, with the female siblings being shorter than the male.

ejmaztec

Bjorn Bored. wrote: »

ah that just an anomaly,proves why its not 100%,but seriously do you personally have any relatives who break this rule,but ya dont:pac:

There's a rule?

Another FF travesty.

Dravokivich

because i don't know or actually seen any siamese twins... all of'em on the telly aren't real?

i know lots of farely short blokes. all of'ems mothers are shorter?

o_O

Pherekydes

I know 3.

A family living at home had a mother who was 6'3" married to the Da who was about 5'7". 3 boys and one girl all grew up to be in the 6' to 6'2" range. The girl was the tallest. But none of the kids were taller than their mother.

orourkeda

snyper wrote: »

and excluding primordial dwarfism and wee man lookalikes

Why?

Is that because they happen to be smaller than their birth mother by any chance, therefore rendering the premise of this thread utterly incorrect.

Bjorn Bored.

No Snyper thats simply not the case,the boys will be taller!

Blatter

My friend is 21 and 5'9" and his mother and sister(19) are around 6 foot.

Very rare though I suppose.

****, maybe he got mixed up at the hospital?

Bjorn Bored.

No its true I tell ya,if anyone thinks they know of one its best to see if that mother is their NATURAL mother,bet she isny,anyway gotta run!

dilallio

You haven't seen Galway's KD

orourkeda

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225197/Meet-Emma-Cahill-Britains-tallest-schoolgirl-towers-teachers-size-14-feet.html

do you reckon this girl will be smaller than her sons if ever has any. perhaps she will but would you bet on it?

Mars Bar

dilallio wrote: »

You haven't seen Galway's KD

First person I thought of too!

rainbowdrop

dilallio wrote: »

You haven't seen Galway's KD

Who?

seafood dunleavy

Do midgets conceive midgets?

dilallio

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Who?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054862157

bnt

I know a guy who is shorter than both his natural parents. His mother is no longer with us, though. Why would it be "impossible", knowing what we do about genetics e.g. recessive traits? :rolleyes:

Big Nasty

orourkeda wrote: »

No. But I'm 6' 3. How many women do you know who are 6 ft 4

Yore Ma for starters!


































Sorry!

peasant

Bjorn Bored. wrote: »

Apparently this is true albeit not 100% but dam close,basically it is almost genetically impossible for this to occur,and when I rack my brains to think of one single exception to the rule,I cannot find one, A son can occasionally be the same height as his natural mother,but hardly ever smaller than her. A daughter can of course be taller than her father.

Go away and think about that now.

Father 174 cm
Mother 176 cm
Brother 175 cm
Me 186 cm






What height is the postman?

Big Nasty

peasant wrote: »

Father 174 cm
Mother 176 cm
Brother 175 cm
Me 186 cm

Yeah but your ma prolly had heels on!

nibtrix

Complete bullsh/t! One of my brothers is about 2 inches shorter than my Mother, he's about the same height as my Father. Another brother is taller than both of them.

walshb

nibtrix wrote: »

Complete bullsh/t! One of my brothers is about 2 inches shorter than my Mother, he's about the same height as my Father. Another brother is taller than both of them.

It is not bull****. It is very rare that a normal (as in non midget/dwarf) fully grown and mature male will be smaller in height than his natural mother. Very rare. I know of nobody.

Of course there may be some instances, but I would say it's a very small percentage.

Lumen

Height is influenced by nutrition as well as genetics.

This is why the Japanese are getting taller. Or so I've read.

prinz

I know one.

walshb

I don't think it's been mentioned, but one very obvious example is Wiliam and Harry. Diana was tall for a woman, probably 5'10" or so. Both boys are at least two to three inches taller, despite Charles only being about 5'9" or thereabouts...

Hurricane-Dean

One of my good friends is shorter than his mother and his 4 brothers, 2 of who are younger than him :pac:

Donal Og O Baelach

Lumen wrote: »

Height is influenced by nutrition as well as genetics.

This is why the Japanese are getting taller. Or so I've read.

Nah. I saw three of them yesterday. They're still very small.

cynder

MY dad 5.6 (tallest in his family)
My mother 5.4 (smallest in her family)
Me 5.5 (female)
My brother 5.3 and 3/4 (age 32) he was 1 foot smaller than anyone in his class when he was at school.

Pace2008

orourkeda wrote: »

Superb paradox.

I always thought something that wasnt 100% true was false.

That's an oxymoron, not a paradox.