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I am now 5'3 and my mom is 5'1 and my dad is 5'9 will i get taller?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Don't know your: Age or your gender - to know if you have completed puberty or not. Formula for rough estimate of your height = (father's height + 13 cm) + mother's height / with total being divided by 2.

Answered 1/19/2014

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