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How Tall Are You All?

Kaycee

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Michi8 Contributor
Michi8
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Wow, am I the shortest one??? I'm 5'2-3/4"

Angie, I was always 5'2-3/4" until one day (about a year ago) I got measured at the doctor's office and they gave me that extra quarter inch...I'm now officially 5'3" and I'm sticking with it! LOL! :D

Michelle

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jennyj Collaborator
jennyj
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If I stretch out my neck and stand super tall I hit 5'2. I used to love clogs and platform shoes although getting all the way up to 5'5 made me dizzy ( I should say dizzier since I am blonde) :lol:

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
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Angie, I was always 5'2-3/4" until one day (about a year ago) I got measured at the doctor's office and they gave me that extra quarter inch...I'm now officially 5'3" and I'm sticking with it! LOL! :D

Michelle

Those extra cushy, thick socks did the trick eh? :lol:

Hugs.

Karen

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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Am just shy of 5' 7" - the height must come from my dad's side as mom and maternal relatives/ancestors are quite short. But....my dad did die of colon cancer at 56, someone recently said to me "oh, so he died of Celiac!" and I do think he had it....they are tall and very thin on his side of the family....

justjane Rookie
justjane
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I'm all of 5'1"! I can say that I'm the shortest one now :)

BUT... I'm 19, maybe I will still grow? (Up and not out I hope!)

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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I'm 5'8" and shrinking :huh:

beaglemania Rookie
beaglemania
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I'm 5 feet, 3 inches and a tad bit more. And I'm still growing. I was about a year-and-a-half growth delay. But now I'm growing!!!

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AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
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I'm 5'5". My mom is 5'6". Pretty much in line.

My kids are young, my daughter is almost 7 and she's about 4' right now. It's expected that she'll take after her fathers side of the family. He has one sister that is 5'10 or 11. His other two sisters are around 5'6" I think.

CeliaCruz Rookie
CeliaCruz
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I'm over 6', but I didn't seem to develop this condition til I was in my mid-30's. Maybe that helped my height.

I'm 6'3" and I also didn't diagnose or feel symptoms until I was in my mid-thirties. But I'm from a very very tall family. Mother was six feet and my father was six two.

StrongerToday Enthusiast
StrongerToday
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I'm 5'1", a gluten-free co-worker is also petite. But, I have two friends with celiac disease who are at least six feet tall.

Ashley Enthusiast
Ashley
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Eh. I'm 5'1 1/2.

-Ash

jayhawkmom Enthusiast
jayhawkmom
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I'm 5'6" - taller than both my parents.

However, I'm one of the shorter girls in my family. Most of my female cousins hover between 5'10" and 6'.

(I'm the oldest of 23 grandkids on my maternal side of the family)

key Contributor
key
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I am 5'2inches. Was the shortest one my whole life!

Monica

tracey* Rookie
tracey*
Posted

Also 5'1" (at 25) and the shortest/smallest in my family.

kevsmom Contributor
kevsmom
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I'm 5'1", but by no means small. Fat and petite is an oxymoron.

Cindy

Kaycee Collaborator
Kaycee
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Also 5'1" (at 25) and the shortest/smallest in my family.

I wish I was that as well, whereas I am the shortest in the family, but smallest, far from it.

Catherine

utdan Apprentice
utdan
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I'm 5'11", about the same height as my father.

darlindeb25 Collaborator
darlindeb25
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I am 5'5, a little taller than my mom and sister both. I have 5 kids, my daughter looks me in the eye--my sons are 6'--6'2-- and 2 at 6'3. I growed em tall!!!!!!!!!!!! I think short statuer can be a symptom of celiacs, but not for everyone.

The doctor I work for says that as a general rule, all men are taller than their mother!

Deb

Kaycee Collaborator
Kaycee
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I am 5'5, a little taller than my mom and sister both. I have 5 kids, my daughter looks me in the eye--my sons are 6'--6'2-- and 2 at 6'3. I growed em tall!!!!!!!!!!!! I think short statuer can be a symptom of celiacs, but not for everyone.

The doctor I work for says that as a general rule, all men are taller than their mother!

Deb

You grow them tall too. But I am probably just as good. Me being 5 foot 3, I have three sons, spot on 6 feet, and one son, the oldest (poor boy), just 5.7, but then his wife is even shorter than me, and barely makes 5 feet (she is Veitnamese, so being coeliac is probably unlikely in her case.)

Just looking at all the info, we don't appear to be a very tall lot, but that is just at a glance. I see there are a few 6 footers, which is wonderful. I wouldn't say I feel challenged in the height stakes, but would love to be taller so that I can look my teenage sons in the eye and tell them off, instead of looking up at them. It just feels wrong.

Catherine

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Rikki Tikki
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I am 5'5, a little taller than my mom and sister both. I have 5 kids, my daughter looks me in the eye--my sons are 6'--6'2-- and 2 at 6'3. I growed em tall!!!!!!!!!!!! I think short statuer can be a symptom of celiacs, but not for everyone.

The doctor I work for says that as a general rule, all men are taller than their mother!

Deb

Wow Deb I didn't know that. Makes sense my son is over 6" my girls not as tall as me I am 5'7"

taz sharratt Enthusiast
taz sharratt
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I have heard that coeliacs are usually shorter in stature. I am just wondering how true this is, or is it just a myth?

Firstly I am 1.6metres, that is 5' 3". So I am a little height challenged.

I have one shorter son and he is the oldest and is 5'7". The other three sons are well on their way to 6 feet tall, or are already there. None of my children have been diagnosed, so far only the two youngest have been tested, but there could always be a chance their diagnosis could change in the future. The older two don't quite come under mums juristriction, but I can nag at them until they do.

Catherine

im 5" 2". with very short legs and have to allways have to buy from the petite range or the kids section. my eldest is over average hight, my middle son is normal hight but my youngest is short and petite for his age and the smallest in his class altho he eats more than his brother :blink:

2Boys4Me Enthusiast
2Boys4Me
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3'10 1/2".

:lol: He's only 6! (almost 7) I'm answering for the celiac in our family.

Dad=6'

Mom(me)=5'8"

Big bro= 4'3 3/4" (he's almost 9)

I think that the boys are taking after me. Shortest kid in class until grade 8 and then very very slowly creeping up a little bit at a time so in high school, someone you haven't seen in a couple of years says, "Yikes! How high are those heels you're wearing?" and then you say, "I'm wearing running shoes."

My husband was always the tallest kid in class until grade 8 and then everyone else started catching up. When my brother was 15 he was 5'5" and by the time he was 20 he was 6'3".

So far, Ty's the only one in our family with celiac, and he's also the shortest. Then again, he's only in grade 2, he should be short.

Fionnghuala Newbie
Fionnghuala
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I had been 5'4 since I was 11 years old, and then at age 20, I went off gluten. Within seven months, I grew another two and a quarter inches, leaving me at 5'6 1/4. I can't complain! I have read in multiple sources if you are still within a certain age range, then a celiac has the chance to recover stunted growth on a gluten-free diet.

--Fionnghuala

Guest AutumnE
Guest AutumnE
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Im 5'10 1/2. Pretty tall for a girl but I dont think my trigger fully happened till the birth of my daughter in my 30's.

Lymetoo Contributor
Lymetoo
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I"m 5'3"....My mother was 5'5", father and brothers 6'1"

Go ASTROS!!! :D

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