Sure you can. There's a standard measure. I think you double their height at age two or something, to get their estimated adult height.

I remember doing this for my cousin when he was two and he was only supposed to be about 5'6". Which made sense because his dad and his mom's family were fairly short-statured. But he's 21 now and like 5'10.

It might be 2 and a half.

Also, I know doctors can project out fairly accurately by measuring the thigh bone and other factors. This was a big issue with ex-GF as they could tell she was going to be tall and would consequently need multiple extra surgeries on her leg.

Maybe your math sucked, Lisa.

Adult Height Predictor

Don't know if it actually works though.

My sister and I were differently sized babies, who ended up the same height. She was more normal-sized -- they weren't sure if I'd end up much over five foot.

It might be 2 and a half.

I'll have to measure Leif, he's two and a half right now.

You can estimate, but you can't tell.

Exactly. There are pictures of me at elementary school birthday parties where I'm a head shorter than girls my age where we wound up the same height by 8th grade. Until I got my adolescent growth spurt, my parents thought I took after Grandaddy Stone, my sole short grandparent. (And boy did he ever have the stereotypical Napoleon complex.)

So yeah, Annabel will probably be tall, both because she already is and because most of her relatives are. But her past performance isn't a guarantee of future results.

But her past performance isn't a guarantee of future results.

I'd invest in the Mutual Fund of Annabel. (Why yes, I have been looking at a prospectus or two lately.)

My cousin's youngest son is 3 1/2 (I think) and he's a big stocky boy who looks like he's 4 1/2. He's a cutie. Their daughter (6 I think) is also tall and stocky, not fat, just heavyboned. And her twin brother is very slight, he's only outweighs his baby brother by a few pounds.

Maybe your math sucked, Lisa.

er yeah... there could have been that. It often does.