The Trapp family, termed the tallest family by the Guinness World Records. (Supplied)
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Fri 15 April 2022:
According to Guinness Global Records, a family of five from the United States has broken the world record for the tallest family.
The family’s average height is 203.29 centimeters (6 feet and 8 inches), with Adam Trapp being the highest at 221.71 centimeters and mother Kristine Trapp being the smallest at 191.2 cm.
“I love saying I’m the shortest person in the world’s tallest family at 191.2 centimeter,” Kristine joked in a statement.
Daughter Savanna Trapp-Blanchfield, 27, measures 203.6 centimeters while their sister Molly Steede, 24, stands at 197.26 centimeters.
All three of the Trapp kids play sports and have been recruited by colleges for either basketball or volleyball.
Savanna was recruited by UCLA to play Division one basketball, Molly played volleyball in college, and Adam was a star basketball player in high school.
“When I was in the first grade, I was taller than my teacher,” said the father Scott Trapp in the same statement.
While each member of the Trapp family has unique situations and experience from their height, the common thread is that they frequently “hit their heads on doorways, ceiling fans, and overhead lighting,” according to the family statement.
The family also faces another difficulty – finding clothing, especially pants and shoes.
In contrast, they also joke that they are easy to find in a group of people – “just look up.”
Savanna adds in the statement that the family hopes that their world record title “empowers others who are unique or feel different. There is joy and freedom in embracing who you are. Rock what you got. There is nobody else like you and that is fantastic.”
In December 2020, the Trapps were crowned the world’s tallest family.
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