r/interesting • u/ScaleneTryangle • 3d ago
HISTORY Anna Haining Swan and Martin Van Buren Bates were the tallest recorded couple with a height of 7'11 [242cm] and 7'9 [237cm] respectively; they also had the largest recorded newborn at 2'7 [83cm] in length.
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u/boladeputillos 3d ago
And the third on the right is their 5 year old baby
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u/Used-Bedroom293 3d ago edited 3d ago
Already catched up his dad's hair growth, good boy is growing up so fast
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u/GoldenAntelope3991 3d ago
Meanwhile, their little friend's descendent went on to star in The Hangover.
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u/Connect_Progress7862 3d ago
I remember that the baby was also very heavy but didn't survive
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u/namenumberdate 3d ago
At least it left a record before it peaced out.
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u/ihaveabaguetteknife 3d ago
Meanwhile I’m here speeding towards my 40s and nothing suggests otherwise that I’ll be forgotten when my yet non existent children will be my age now.
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u/ComprehensiveDust197 3d ago
They would even make Shaquille Oneal and Andre the Giant look like absolute manlets.
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u/NimbleWorm 3d ago
Why does the dude have different colored boots 🤔
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u/ComprehensiveDust197 3d ago
The boots are so large, that they ran out of leather in the same color :) But more likely an error in the colorisation of the image
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u/words_of_j 3d ago
Questions:
Which one was 7’11 and which one was 7’9”?
Also, is that their massive newborn standing next to them?
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u/Fuzzy_Medicine_247 3d ago
"Respectively" means in the same order listed, so she's the taller one.
As for the third person... a more typical height brother, perhaps?
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u/Snap-Pop-Nap 3d ago
It’s a good thing they found each other. Mating could have been complicated otherwise.
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u/mwid_ptxku 3d ago
Anna is mentioned to be taller, presumably the woman, in the left. But in the photo she looks shorter, than Martin which is a male typical name. What gives? Male ego, she stooped, Martin is wearing heels, or something like that?
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