Height skips a generation on my dad's side. My dad, aunts and uncles are all easily over 6ft. My cousin's and I all pretty much see each other eye-to-eye at about 5'7. Then one day, I asked my granddad, who I see eye-to-eye, what was great-grandfather like? He said, "OH, he was a great big ole man!" And then I asked, what was his dad (my great-great-grandfather) like? And he said, "OH, he was a lil ole puny thang." And that's when I put it together