DixieDestroyer
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I know this is a mix race couple
, but I'd be curious how tall their (mongrel) kids will be. I'm 6'8 & my Dad is 6'2 & Mom was 5'10. My wife is 5'7, so I expect our kids to be tall as well. My boys are all 75%+ (I suspect they'll be 6'2+) & my daughter (7) is as tall as my 9 y/o son (she's off the percentile chart for her age).
Meet the world's tallest couple: A combined 13-foot-5
He's 7-foot, she's 6-foot-5 â€" and kids are growing like weeds
Keisha and Wilco van Kleef-Bolton with their children Lucas, 4, and Eva, 2, in Dagenham, Essex, England. Keisha, 31, is 6-foot-5; Wilco, 29, is 7 feet tall. Their children are already the tallest in their classes.
by Mike Celizic
TODAYshow.com contributor
updated 7/23/2010 9:41:33 AM ET
Individually, they are tall enough to turn heads. Together, Wilco and Keisha van Kleef-Bolton are simply jaw-dropping.
He's a ceiling-scraping, doorway-bonking 7 feet, an altitude seen more often in basketball players than security guards. She's 6-foot-5, an impressive height for a woman, but just right for the man with whom she goes through life.
If that's not enough to get your attention, Wilco, who was born in the Netherlands, is blond and pale, while Keisha, who is of African heritage, is dark. They have two children: Lucas, a 4-year-old who's tall enough to pass for 7, and Eva, 2, who's as tall as a girl a year older.
Until recently, the van Kleef-Boltons merely seemed to be the tallest married couple in their Essex, England, hometown â€" or anywhere else, for that matter. Now, it's official: The Guinness Book of World Records has declared the towering twosome the tallest married couple in the world.
They were not without competition. Internet searches turn up other couples who would seem to be taller, including an Indian couple, Sharad and Sanjot Kulkarni, who claimed heights of 7-foot-2 and 6-foot-4, respectively. But after a worldwide search that included an Internet appeal, Guinness has certified the heights of the British pair, as well as the validity of their marriage. At a combined 13 feet, 5 inches, they are in the famous book's 2010 edition as the tallest in the world.
High hopes
According to British media reports, the couple met through an Internet site for tall people. Keisha was looking for a dance partner tall enough for her.
"I'm 7 ft.,"Â Wilco responded. "Is that tall enough?"Â The average British male is 5-foot-10; the average female, 5-foot-4.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38378269/ns/today-today_people/?GT1=43001
Meet the world's tallest couple: A combined 13-foot-5
He's 7-foot, she's 6-foot-5 â€" and kids are growing like weeds
Keisha and Wilco van Kleef-Bolton with their children Lucas, 4, and Eva, 2, in Dagenham, Essex, England. Keisha, 31, is 6-foot-5; Wilco, 29, is 7 feet tall. Their children are already the tallest in their classes.
by Mike Celizic
TODAYshow.com contributor
updated 7/23/2010 9:41:33 AM ET
Individually, they are tall enough to turn heads. Together, Wilco and Keisha van Kleef-Bolton are simply jaw-dropping.
He's a ceiling-scraping, doorway-bonking 7 feet, an altitude seen more often in basketball players than security guards. She's 6-foot-5, an impressive height for a woman, but just right for the man with whom she goes through life.
If that's not enough to get your attention, Wilco, who was born in the Netherlands, is blond and pale, while Keisha, who is of African heritage, is dark. They have two children: Lucas, a 4-year-old who's tall enough to pass for 7, and Eva, 2, who's as tall as a girl a year older.
Until recently, the van Kleef-Boltons merely seemed to be the tallest married couple in their Essex, England, hometown â€" or anywhere else, for that matter. Now, it's official: The Guinness Book of World Records has declared the towering twosome the tallest married couple in the world.
They were not without competition. Internet searches turn up other couples who would seem to be taller, including an Indian couple, Sharad and Sanjot Kulkarni, who claimed heights of 7-foot-2 and 6-foot-4, respectively. But after a worldwide search that included an Internet appeal, Guinness has certified the heights of the British pair, as well as the validity of their marriage. At a combined 13 feet, 5 inches, they are in the famous book's 2010 edition as the tallest in the world.
High hopes
According to British media reports, the couple met through an Internet site for tall people. Keisha was looking for a dance partner tall enough for her.
"I'm 7 ft.,"Â Wilco responded. "Is that tall enough?"Â The average British male is 5-foot-10; the average female, 5-foot-4.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38378269/ns/today-today_people/?GT1=43001
