Originally Posted by nolan ryan:
~20% of US males are 5’7” or under and ~3% are 6’3” or over. So you are 7X more likely to have a son 5’7” or less than you are to have one 6’3” or taller. Pretty much everyone on this thread has a 14yo that’s 6’4”. No point really, just interesting.
Nobody's kids have their height determined by national averages. It's determined by genetics. My daughter is 5'10". My son is 6'2". We weren't surprised by either based on our height and the height in the family tree.
As for poster's having tall kids, the better athletes are usually tall. My son looks at the athletes around him and thinks 6'2" is normal height.