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Genetics (lemmy.world)
submitted 18 hours ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[-] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 20 points 8 hours ago

Genetics is, in fact, a science, and it allows for offspring to grow to be bigger than their parents.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 hours ago

Especially if the parent has a condition that stunts their growth.

[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Nobody tell him...

[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 37 points 14 hours ago
[-] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 31 points 13 hours ago

This is hilarious, but I had a friend when I was really young. He was black and adopted by a white family. He got this joke (or not a joke) all the time and I could see it wear on him

[-] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 12 hours ago

Not to mention it actually does happen by birth very rarely. Latent genetic traits can pop up generations later.

[-] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

I dated someone in high school whose family was all Irish levels of white and their brother looked like he popped straight out of Puerto Rico. He otherwise looked like everyone else in the family, to the point there was no doubt he was a child of both parents. There were a few other people throughout their family with the same deal. When they introduced me to him they said, “This is Collin, he’s not adopted or anything, he just got lucky.”

[-] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 23 points 13 hours ago

Not pictured: the tall Amazonian woman that's his mother.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 43 points 17 hours ago

Whatever the political motives/lack of logic behind it, these faces look like they are related by blood.

[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago

Geneticist here. There are a number of factors that go into determining a person's facial features. Genetics, of course, play a huge role. But other things such as ...

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 31 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Same nose, same eye-shape, similar chin, and rapidly rushing towards similar hairlines. If these two aren't related, that's a huge coincidence.

Also, childhood malnutrition is a bitch and will absolutely cause something like this.

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 13 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Yup. There are a million causes for stunted growth that aren't inherited. And these two look the same if you overlook the height and age.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 14 hours ago

Also sometimes genes pass down and skip a generation or two. I have the same general build and height of my great grandfather (though I'm more robust) but his own sons look closer to my great grandmother.

[-] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 56 points 17 hours ago

Didn't know Genetics was so insecure they would project their own insecurities onto others.

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 13 points 15 hours ago

You can only do so many paternity tests before you start seeing the world differently.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

The dommy mommy of the short king gratified the wall in the background (and yes, I do mean that she is just that tall, and named Laura).

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