was a fad when my kids were little. I got hit with it when my daughter was about 3 and the pediatrician informed me that she was in the 10th percentile in height and the 20th in weight. I pulled myself up to my full height of 5'3, looked down at her (she was 5'1) and said, "Dr. B., I am the tallest woman in my entire family and my husband is 5 foot 8. If you are looking for basketball players, you are barking up the WRONG family tree!" Nothing more was ever said about it. Now that they are grown, my sons are 5'8 and 5'10 and my daughter is 5'1 1/2 (that half inch is *very* important to her!). My second son married a woman who is 5'10, and their 14 year old is pushing 6 feet and still growing. My daughter's boys (two different dads, both around 6 feet tall) are both off the charts in terms of height for their age. So you just can't tell, can you? 
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