Michael Jordans parents were both under 6 foot but he grew up to 6'6. Do you guys know how this happened?
2007-03-18 01:43:46 · 7 answers · asked by the question 1 in Health ➔ Men's Health
For some time now, each generation has been, on the average, taller than their parents. It is thought that better nutrition, especially pre-natally and in the first years of life, enable one to take better advantage of ones genetic potential.
There is also a lot of difference in the way genes from mother's side and father's side combine. Surely you know brothers where one is much taller/fatter/darker than the other, even though they have the same parents; even fraternal twins can be very different in physical features. My father-in-law is quite short (maybe 5'2") and heavy set. He has a cousin who is 6'8" and very slender. Nobody would think they were related at all.
2007-03-18 07:29:42 · answer #1 · answered by Maple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe when they were young they didnt grow a lot and short people usually get taller than the tall people so maybe they had there groth spurt later
2007-03-18 08:48:30 · answer #2 · answered by Tweentwin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be his parents were ill as children - supressing their actual height. However if they hadn't been ill they would have grown taller.
Alterrnatively may be had a genetic malfunction /abnormality in his height gene.
2007-03-18 08:57:56 · answer #3 · answered by kaps_mr2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there is a theory that sports such as basketball and volleyball make you grow taller if you play them as a kid cause they make your spine longer or something.
2007-03-18 08:48:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is in the geners.. His grandparents or ancestors may have been tall.
2007-03-18 09:08:05 · answer #5 · answered by AdultMale 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
height from what i have heard comes from the mothers father so this might explain it
2007-03-18 08:50:17 · answer #6 · answered by Heather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps his grandparents were tall
2007-03-18 08:46:57 · answer #7 · answered by jonnyraven 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋