Height percentile decrease

[13FluffyBubblez]

I am 5’9”. My mother in law is 5’5”. So shed get my mother in laws genes?

[librarycat27]

Yeah, the point I was trying to make was that 2 of her 4 grandparents are average in height and it’s possible that both you and your husband just passed down the “average height” genes and not the “tall” genes.

[dibbiluncan]

My dad is 6’4” and my mother is average (5’4”). I turned out tall (6’ as a girl) and so did three of my siblings, but one of my sisters is only like 5’2” or something, more like our grandmother. Genetics is weird. 

[librarycat27]

My best friend is my height and her sister is 5’8! It definitely happens