Is it true most women inherit the same body size as with their mother ?
By neelianoscet
@neelianoscet (9615)
Philippines
April 19, 2010 8:30am CST
I always heard that if man like to choose a potential wife and he look at her current girlfriend mother they could get an ideas on what their girlfriend would look like when she get older by just looking on the mother. There is a tendency that his potential wife would bear the same figure/body size as her mother citing that her mother remain physically fit, fabulously vibrant and younger looking. Your girlfriend would exactly look similarly to her mother as one look on it. Like it is a hereditary factors as children grow they likely to carry out the same traits or behavior as with their mother is and with men they have their own model with to emulate too their own father behavior and trait.
How about you, do you think there is truth in the saying that one would know what their girlfriend would look like when they get older by just looking on her mother. Or if you are a woman as you look at your figures now, Is is the same look alike as your mother or they slightly deviate or differs? As for men, I also like to know their opinion or ideas regarding this as they may contributes different ideas about this topic. Anyway, this may help lot of men to have an idea what their girlfriend would look like after they get older or in case they get so serious and married. Likewise, if their potential girlfriend has a fat/thin/petite mother there a tendency daughter inherits the same figure? But it may also depending on the habit, dietary and healthy lifestyles one have and sometimes it is just coincidence most of the times. Kindly shares your thoughts. Thanks.
4-19-10
8:29
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34 responses
@mac_fish (723)
• China
19 Apr 10
Hi,neelianoscet
Well,I havent heard this statement before,seldom guys will choose girlfriend according to her mother's feature and body shape.It should not be common and just can be proved by several examples if it's real.
U get some problem on that?? So, u wanna capture some guy's heart by sizing ur mother's poto and run in front of him ,say"look I am gonna be like this way,this is my mother,I will definitely inherit her merits" ...... just kidding
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@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
hi mac_fish,
Lol..That is way I am so curios to ask this kind of question been puzzling and so felt bewilder by those kind of statement. Well, in my family they are true somehow since on the side of my mother they retain their same body size when they are still young and single retaining the same body size even though they already bear their children. They retain the same body weight not to fat or too slim. So I also wonder if i would also inherit the same body size when I get older. I am not really in particular about the weight issues but the saying really intrigues me and what matter most to me is the good behavior and mutual understanding between the two partner. Thanks for your responses and have a nice day:)
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@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
20 Apr 10
hello mac_fish,
I will and thanks again for your input it really help. It is such a saying which i heard circulating and sometimes become the object of joke since it is one way to tease another partner what she/he look like in the future. Thanks.
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@mac_fish (723)
• China
20 Apr 10
Hi,neelianoscet
I guess u get the foremost piont,screw that sort of statements,maybe the only way to keep fit that u are supposed to step on is have a good custom of diet,keep practise,adjust ur mood .........
Count on inheritance is totally a blunder...
Happy mylotting.
@flower21 (765)
• Philippines
21 Apr 10
Some have similar figures while others it is a mixture. But it doesn't matter what have one becomes in the future since all changes even the body, shapes and sizes as one grow old. We just need to accept the changes that comes along with ages.
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@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
i don'think it's 100 percent true. some women inherit their father's broad shoulders. some men are thin because of their mother's figure. it really varies from which parent they inherited it.
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
hi frontvision,
yeah, it really differs as each person have distinct personality and very unique in their own way. Thanks for your responses.
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@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
20 Apr 10
Yeah. That, i believe, is a factor too. You should watch your diet so you'd be slim even when you'Re old.
@madteaparty (2748)
• Japan
19 Apr 10
No, it's not true. Genetics don't work that way, making females look after their mothers and males after their fathers always. In my case, I don't look like my mother at all, but like my father, so it's very unlikely that I will look at all like my mother when I grow up.
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@setsuna26 (2751)
• Philippines
20 Apr 10
I dont believe in that kind of thinking. I mean i see alot of mother whom are beautiful and sexy but their daughters are not. Maybe its just as you said coincidence that they mother is sexy and beautiful and so as the daughther but as to the fact that its related again i dont think so hehe .If they are they good for them if they are not its still good for as long as both are healthy thats what matters the most
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
20 Apr 10
hi setsuna,
I have doubt it too but in some family it say both their daughters and sons have a mixture of resemblance between their parents and the result is a unique individual. Well, sometimes becoming judgemental is erroneous since the physical attributes really fades as one grow older but it is a good things to aged gracefully. As much as I know some men think of that way they often compare their girlfriend future look with their potential mother in law which in some case have resemblance while others view differs. Good thing you think differently too..thanks.
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@setsuna26 (2751)
• Philippines
21 Apr 10
The thing is in most family yes sons and daughters inherit their parents genes but not most of the times with their mothers. Its always a combination of both, lets say they have the eye of the mother the skin tone of father.Its mostly combination and not just daughther and mother and son father thing. 
@smacksman (6053)
•
19 Apr 10
It also depends which postman was on the round when your father was away on business! haha
No. I would keep the prospective mate well away from family for as long as possible or the deal might be off.
I mean if your mum looks like Godzilla he might be off and if she looks like Michelle Pfeiffer he might be off with her! Either way you loose!
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
hi smackman,
lol.. that a good point of view that you gives me, rest assure i would keep it in my mind. Well, definitely it all depend on each person on the way they take good care of themselves, watching their diet and keeping a healthy lifestyles not neglecting being physically fit most of the time . thanks for your responses.
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@anne25penn (3305)
• Philippines
20 Apr 10
I don't believe in this because I did not inherit my mothers' small frame. I rather inherited my grandmother's frame from my father's side which is on the big boned and chubby side. But I did wish that I inherited my mother's small frame. It would've been more economical when it came to clothes.
.@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
20 Apr 10
hi anne,
You are a living testimony and I duly appreciate your responses. Since i always hear such rumor and it really makes me laugh since my brother is always tease that if in case he marries his girlfriend in their later years she would inherit her mother body size. So far it never affected their trust it just pass by like a joke anyway that so very silly to think that it would be the final basis. Since every person is a unique individual and what matter most in finding a partner both have develop mutual understanding. lol..you're right it would be economical but no offense to those plus size they are still adorable. thanks for your responses.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Apr 10
neelianoscet no at all thats a stupid old men's tale.What kind of a figure any woman has in different ages stems from her dietary habits more than from inheriting body fat. How come men are fixated on this part of a women yet they themselves do not worry about bringing a chunky fat bulging tummy to the marriage. You would think that the mindset o f those who compare mom to what daughter might look like at her mom's age is one of selecting a purchase of meat on the hoof so to speak. what happen to caring about what kind of a person the daughter will be when she is moms age, is she kind and loving and compassionate or mean tempered? Some slim people can have ugly unloveable personalities and be really pretty too. When I was young I was slim and even when I got older I was just a little plus but after two children and some illnesses and developing diabetes my hubby did not divorce me because of my weight. I would think more emphasis should be placed on the sort of person he or she is.
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
hi hatley,
I use to heard it most of the times so it gives me often a false notion that most men whether they admit or not is so occupy with having a sexy girlfriend or wife when they look only on the physical and they tend to neglect the most important qualities which a true partner should seek first is the good attitude rather than the physical attributes. You;re very right and i do understand from your own point of view that being pretty does not have to do first with the face or figures since it is blinded the onlooker if they only based on the outside appearances since it could be deceive most of the times. And what matter on the end two partner who vow to become companion know to trust, respect and love each other mutually. Thanks for your responses.
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@OpinionatedLady (5965)
• United States
19 Apr 10
Not in my case or my sister's. We are built very different but nothing like our mother at all. My Mom is very tall and slender with long arms and legs. I am tall but not as tall as she and built like a football player. I have wide shoulders and hip and boobs that where bigger then hers by the time I was 13. Now my sister is short and built some where in between my Mother and I. When I say short she is shorter then me by a good 11 inches! Genetics are still being studied and they find new things everyday and I believe that suppressed genes may come out when least expected.
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
hi opinionatedlady,
That may be true since not all daughter or son inherit the same body size in the same parents or it may be a combination or a mix of all the qualities. All is unique in their own way and deeply appreciate each uniqueness as the way each person is pattern differently such as in the thumbmark or other body parts is somehow unique varies each person. But their are cases which i observe between daughter and mother they have a tendency to have a similar body size which maybe true in other family bit slightly different from other family. As you already mention it may have something to do with the genetic pattern which influences the personality and the physical appearances. Thanks for your responses.
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@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
hi olisaur,
Yeah, they are a mixture of course, unless both parents have the same features. it would also definitely depending on each person on how they took good care of themselves and so the result would be both visible on their appearances. thanks for your responses.
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@dreamsharmin (2281)
• China
19 Apr 10
I just want to say it's 50% true. Not all girls inherit there mother body size.
More over i saw usually girls inherit with there father. As like as me. My many things are similar with my father not with my mother.
But i also saw some girls inherit with there mother body size.
So it's 50% true not 100%.
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
hi dreamsharmin,
At least it is 50/50 or nearly believable as you say and nevertheless it is not really the entire basis for choosing a potential girlfriend/wife material since being in love is more deeper than the saying which could be shallow if one only favor it. it would definitely be bias as relationship is based on two people who develop good understanding and develop strong rapport with each other. I am become so curious with that saying since my brother always been tease about her girlfriend since the mother is fat they belief his girlfriend would also inherit the same body size. So it becomes a sources of joke but seriously speaking it is the internal matter which complement most and outweight all the imperfections. Since the things which last is love between two partner who vow to be with each other no matter changes they become. Thanks for your responses.
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@arlynsantiago (7)
• Philippines
20 Apr 10
It is really not true. I am a good example for it. I am currently overweight after two kids. My mother had 6 children and yet her body size is opposite my size. I believe really that it depends on the lifestyle of the person. I have been planning for so long to discipline myself and take a healthy diet, but for some reason or another, I have been postponing it. And that is the reason why i am overweight.
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
20 Apr 10
hi arlyn,
That may be the reasons and it would not necessary the saying should be the final basis for choosing a girlfriend or wife based on seeing what a mother in law look like since I understand every person have different lifestyles. it also takes a lot of discipline , hence the adage, you look what you eat which is most of the time is true. thanks for your responses.
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@Derek871228 (33)
• Australia
19 Apr 10
I heard that the girl inherant mostly from their father,and the son is actually inherant from their mother,especially in height.
@neelianoscet (9615)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
hi derek871228,
Yeah, that is also the same things with me and even my brother is always tease that things that when he marries his girlfriend and when they already got children the girl body size would changes and it would be similar to her mother. Unless her dietary habit is under control it would not cite as a problem. thanks for your responses.
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@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
15 May 10
my mother is still beautiful and petite until now. Like when we are together, me her and my older sister we where like sisters. We look older than her and I don't know what happened. I can resemble her physical appearance now if I will go on a diet, which I have too. I also see other mother and daughter that their resemble each other when once a daughter have her own family. some are not, but it has something to do with the genes.
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
22 Apr 10
It's true that we tend to look like our mothers as we age. I recently got a new military ID card. I looked at the picture and told my husband, "this could be a picture of my mother." I have arthritis in my hands, and they are becoming misshapen in the same manner as hers were. My friend who lives across the street says it is the same with her. She looks now just like her mother did when I first met her.
@janeajozelle (197)
• Philippines
27 Apr 10
it is true in some family while in others they are completely different because of differences in genes so the result may be the same for both mother and daughter.
@fantasticbabe (981)
• Philippines
27 Apr 10
I see in some case they are true sometimes mother is almost look like identical sister of their daughter. especially if the mother keep self physically fit the daughter may inherit the same body. in other case it differs since it may be a mixture of both parents.
@Kx2sMommy (84)
• United States
10 Jan 12
I haven't found this to be true in any of my friends lives or my own. I'm shorter, petite, with an athletic body type- my mother on the other hand is tall, big boned and not at all physically fit. Most of mybfriends actually tend to look more like my mother body wise thanks theirs. One of my best friends is as round as she is tall and all the other women in her family are lean or athletic in build. Her mother in law is also as lean as can be as is her husband. So I don't believe this old wives tale.... It might happen on occasions or be a random coincidence but I don't believe its inevitable.
