I'm 5'5 and my boyfriend is 5'2, will our kids be short for sure?

[Anonymous]

Boyfriend recently suggested we could use sperm bank to give the kids ''better genetic'', would it be a good idea? Should we worry?

[Nik1hil]

if you are worried so much... then you can give him couple of height enhancers and supplements during his growth..
its not necessary your kids can be more then six... the rule of dominant gene says the better gene survives...
hence you should not worry about it.. my suggestion is do not use sperm bank... you will fight harder and naturally be more affectionate when you know the kid is part of you

[Asker]

I agree, the sperm bank was his idea. I was up for it if he wants to. What do you mean by the better genes survives? Not sure nature can tell which genes is better before birth except with natural selection, but that doesn't happen anymore (or at least I believe so)

[Nik1hil]

It happens.. And dominant gene survives.. And recessive gets suppressed

[God_of_Thunder]

How tall were both of your parents/grandparents?

Do either of you have tall siblings, or cousins? Just because you're short, doesn't necessarily mean your kids automatically will be.

[Asker]

my family is average height, his is on the shorter side.

[God_of_Thunder]

Hmmm, then they probably won't be basketball players, but that's alright. Surely you'd rather have children that were genetically yours and his, rather than from a donor? Even going that route, there's still no guarantee that they would be tall, anyway.

[Asker]

He offered to use sperm donor, since usually sperm donors have height requirement so they got ''tall genes'' but as you said, I guess there is no guarantee.

[daydreammarie]

So no. Your kids can still be tall and to be honest why would you not want kids just cause they have a higher probability of being short like even if you did the sperm bank your kids could still end up being short.. you do realize that right?

[Asker]

I believe most sperm bank have height requirement for donors, so the probabilities would be lessen for the kids to be short.

[Natalie11299]

Genetics are from more than just your parents. It’s from your parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and so on. They may or may not be short.

[witches]

They will be short, yes. Probably 5‘0“ to 5‘7“ depending on their gender and other factors.
But just accept it, no need to genetically modify.

[ChronicThinker]

Likely.

[AndyOh]

So you are short people... not that bad. Your kids will probably be short too unless you have tall people in the family tree, in which case, your offspring might get those genes.
I am 5'7" and the only problems I have are trying to see the stage in a crowd and that most women want tall men. And clothes for men tend to be larger.

[Asker]

We don't have tall people in our family, mines kinda average-shorter side. I guess there isn't that many cons to being short. My boyfriend is a lot shorter (5'2) and kinda hate it for plenty of reasons, but I guess that's really different from being 5'7

[AndyOh]

I am still a small man in height. If I could I would be taller, like 5'10" or taller. But it is what it is, so I don't fret over it... just finding a petite woman who would be interested. That I fret over.

[Mitch6192]

Probably. Comes down to both of you parents and aunts and uncles, as well. There's no way to tell.

[GingerGuy]

No. If anyone in your (or his) family is tall, it can be pasted down, even if the parents are both short.

[Asker]

I guess we are doomed then lol

[GingerGuy]

It can be from any generation. I'm sure someone is somewhere in there lol

[Asker]

*crossed fingers*

[Cosytoasty]

Tall grandparents?

[Asker]

nope.

[Cosytoasty]

Oh :( It's common for kids to get their height from grandparents. Still though, its a ridiculous idea, the kid won't even be his. You should love your children for them and not how tall they might or might not be.

[Asker]

I agree, he was the one uncomfortable with it, but since I'm average height, I can't really understand I guess the deal being shorter side.

[nameisunknown]

Aslong as the kids are healthy and happy it won't matter their size, i would imagine theyd be pretty short but just cause you're short doesn't mean your genetics are bad, could be tall with health issues or short and be completely healthy. Hope this helps.

[Asker]

yeah I guess you are right

[jimyee]

That's kinda how genetic traits work

[rain_maker112]

My uncle is 5'0, my aunt is 5'3. Their sons are at least 5'4. The tallest is 6'0"

High chance that he is short is because of the difference of diet, the access of milk, and sleep schedule.

If your children have no problems with these, they will certainly be AT LEAST your height for sure. Of course, huge plus for athletic family.

[Sociopathvictim]

Your kids will be exactly 5’35 😄

[Asker]

I love precision haha

[Sociopathvictim]

Haha you’re silly, you’re kids could outgrow you it’s not set in stone you know. You and him need to have kids with each other, forget sperm donors.

[You_Cant_See_Me]

7’11” is quite tall

[Asker]

I wasn't the one suggesting sperm donor lol, he hates it I guess. But yeah I think you're right, other factors into height

[Intraluminal]

They would on AVERAGE be shorter, but they would TEND TOWARD the population average height.

There's a formula that will give you the AVERAGE expected height of your children, if you're interested.

[TheWombRaider]

ROFL... i gotta see this play out tell me what happens... When you tell your boyfriend... he's to short and u want some other guys cum n you thats got better genes for your kids LOL

[Dabozzz]

My dad was 6'4 and my mom is 5'7 and i am 6'6 there are a lot more factors

[CarlosSantana]

Parents under 5.7 will have taller children

So no.

[witches]

How does that make sense?

[CarlosSantana]

Witches taught me.

[witches]

Oh-Kay!

[20kyler00]

i find this to be true its odd i am 6'3 and i can rest my arms atop of my mothers head

[CarlosSantana]

Your mothee sounds hot

[Anonymous]

Your kids will be short. Go for sperms route.

[Anonymous]

Do your potential children a favor and don't bring them into this world with the short genes. Especially if you have a boy.

[Asker]

I heard it is hard for guys to be short? Is that really that bad?

[Anonymous]

5'5 and 5'2 lol probably

[Anonymous]

Your children will be 4ft nothing.

[Anonymous]

The genes your children get are not only from 2 people, they’re from the whole family. My parents are 5’6 and 5’9 and I’m 6’4

[Anonymous]

Yes, 4'11 1/2.