The height of your children related to how far apart the parents were born. Interesting discovery.


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curiousgirl123 is offline curiousgirl123 Post #1  August 7,2011, 8:56am
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I came across this article today titled 'Want a tall kid, try a long- distance relationship!'. It turns out, the height of your child may be determined, in part, by how far apart the parents were born.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/want-tall-kid-try-long-distance-relationship-224006293.html

In my case, I was born in Europe and my ex husband was born in North America. Our son is the tallest boy in his class but my ex is also 6'2 and comes from a tall family. I am 5'3 and come from a short family (both my parents are my height). So, I'm not sure if the conclusions in this article apply in my case but it is definitely an interesting read.
 
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My ex was born in Phoenix, AZ and I was born in Yuma, AZ, about 3 hours away (although we met in CO). Both of my girls are in the 90th percentile for height. I'm 5'10 and my ex is 6'0, so I think their height has more to do with genetics than where their dad or I were born. I think the article is a "tall tale'!
 
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My father was born in Pennsylvania and my mother in Texas. I'm only 5' tall. There goes that theory.
 
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I've wondered about this. My family members who have married people from different countries have sons that look like giants compared to anyone else in either family. I thought it was due solely to chance.
 
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My son, who just turned 14, is already 5' 8" and still growing rapidly. My ex and I were born in the same town, I think his height has more to do with the fact that his father is 6' 3"
 
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My parents were born about 40 minutes from each other...my family and all our uncles', aunts' and cousins' families have always been taller than most.

I think it has a lot more to do with ancestral history(eg: Europeans are taller Asians, etc..)than than how far apart your parents lived.
 
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The article is about the likeliness of both parents contributing very different genes - does anyone at Yahoo read the article to determine headlines? In the US, an average city can be very diverse in ethnic background so going a few states over isn't necessary to find someone with a different background; you can just go next door. The study they discuss is from Poland, which has a very different pool than the US.

My Russian side is mostly very tall (except my great-grandfather, who was 5'6...his sisters were all over 6' and his father was 7'2), the Irish side is pretty much average in height except for my mom (5'9) and one uncle (6'). I'm the shortest of my siblings at 5'9. Even though my parents were born in the same city, they come from very different backgrounds and clearly my sibs and I have taken after the taller strains rather than the shorter ones. My cousins (over 30 of them, anyway) are around average height and their parents all share Western European backgrounds.
 
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The article is about mixing gene pools and the point about existing mixed pools in North America is a good one.
In my case, though my ex was born in North America, his family background on both sides is Dutch and that's where the tall gene comes from. So the overall background of the person would play a role not strictly where they were born.

All and all, I'm starting to lean towards the conclusion of mixed gene pools being a good thing for the offspring. Even in animals this has an advantage. I have a mixed breed dog and the first thing my vet told me was my dog is likely to be healthier and live longer because he is mixed. I got him as a puppy purely for his good looks and the fact that he is hypoallergenic and wouldn't shed. It's been 9 years and thankfully he's never been sick.

I can see some definite advantages that come from mixed gene pools, in some cases this could be height.


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The causal mechanism may be unrelated to distance.

The most obvious being that people who can overcome distance have relatively more money - which leads to superior nutrition and medical care for the offspring.

If it's distance per se, then periods of spikes in mobility (such as war time mobilizations) would correlate to obvious spikes in child height of those cohorts.
 
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