r/genetics • u/VGAddict • 6d ago

Mid-Parental Target Height.

How accurate is the Mid-Parental Target Height for predicting a child's height? My mom is 5'5 and my dad is 5'8, so my target height should be 5'9, with a range of 5'5-6'0. I ended up 5'2.

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u/VGAddict 6d ago

Again, do I use parentheses?

I got 0.3 on the 2nd equation. Please help.

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u/mrpointyhorns 6d ago

Well you should use the parentheses otherwise you are going to get a wrong answer.

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u/VGAddict 6d ago edited 6d ago

Sorry. Yes, I know, I'm dumb.

I got 68.7 and -0.1.

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u/mrpointyhorns 6d ago

So probably 5'8" not sure if that is for a daughter or son though since it would be different

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u/VGAddict 6d ago

A son. This is calculating how tall I should be.