My mom and me: genetics gone awry.

[LaraMN]

This picture made me laugh. Alot. I guess I had no perception of how we look standing next to each other. I can't decide if I look like a freakish Amazon woman or she looks like a midget.

[NJmaverick]

1. Not freakish Amazon.... very attractive amazon

[LaraMN]

3. Well thanks!

I feel like that picture makes it look as though I could eat my mom.
:rofl:

[Bunny]

2. Wow, that's amazing!

Is your Dad 8'9"?

[LaraMN]

4. No, he's 6'4".

I definitely took after him a bit more!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. you have on 4" heels ---

right?

[LaraMN]

6. I probably did have on 2"-ers...

I forgot about that factor! That makes it a *little* less weird!

[SallyMander]

7. How tall are you?

You're a knockout! :hi:

[LaraMN]

9. I'm 5'10". I think my Mom's about 5' or so.

Thanks!

:-)

[ismnotwasm]

8. That's a cute picture

All my family is tall, except me, a paltry 5'4 (and three quarters dammit)And my grandmother, who barely topped 5 ft. My mom is taller than me, my sister, my aunt, my biological daughter and even my step-daughters are at least my height.
Damn Genetics.

[LaraMN]

10. Funny how that works, huh?

:rofl:

My mom has seven sisters and "the tall one" is 5'4".

:P

[Maine-ah]

11. omg!

that's a great pic!

My daughter is 16 months (almost 17 mos) and is already half as tall as I am (I'm 4'11"). She won't be super tall, but I expect by the time she's about 10 she'll be at least as tall as me. Not looking forward to that!

[dolo amber]

12. That's what Ruby and I will look like in a few years

Her paternal grandmother is 5'11", no one on that side of the family is shorter.

I'm 5' and ONE HALF INCH, dammit. That half counts. x(

[Angel]

13. Same with my son and I

I am 4'11"..my son is 6'1"..daughter 5'3". They were taller than me at the age of 11. I am the shortest out of 7 children. Both parents of average height. We may be small... but we are mighty lol

[lizziegrace]

14. Like my twin sister and me

people get so confused because they think all same-sex twins are identical. Uh, no. We don't even look like we're related in any way.

[AggieGal]

15. There was a set of twin girls at my school.

One was tall and blonde and the other was short and brunette.

[pink-o]

16. From one "Freakish" Amazon to another...

I'm 6'1" and have been that height since 1969 when I was 14. But my mom was 5'8" which was considered very tall when she was growing up.

Most tall women I meet now love being their height, which makes me happy cuz I hated it when I was young. But like you, I have no idea how the rest of the world perceives me until I take a pic with an average or short person!

We look like Great Danes who got lost among toy poodles!