We are the World's Tallest Family!

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God bless the drag queens
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This is the only way that I have high heels that fit me, right
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Because I'm a women's size 16, men's size 15. So I would not have these opportunities for cute shoes if it wasn't for the drag queens, right
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Hi, I'm Savannah Trapp. I'm the eldest sibling in the world's tallest family
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And I'm going to introduce you to my family, the world's tallest family
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Tallest family member of world's tallest family and the favorite son, Adam Trapp
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Definitely got a pretty significant boost in height between my 7th and 8th grade summer
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I think I grew from 6'1 to 7 foot around that time
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The shortest sibling in the world's tallest family, Molly Fee. People are always immediately shocked when they see me and my height
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They look at me and they gasp or, you're so tall. And I always just joke and say, I am? I didn't even know
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Mama Trapp. I don't really feel that tall because I'm not the tallest in the family. I'm actually the shortest
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Next to that is the world's best dad, Scott Trapp. So the best thing about being tall is you can always reach the top shelf at the grocery store
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The worst thing about being tall is probably all of the injuries
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Like, I cannot tell you how many times I've hit my head on things
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Like doorways, ceiling fans, hanging lights. I've had so many injuries. I've had stitches in my forehead
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Also going downstairs is hard because you're tall. We have large feet, right? And so stairs are made for tiny feet, right
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And so I'm going downstairs and I have to actually go downstairs sideways and half the time I'm tripping over my feet
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And it's, yeah, the injuries are my least favorite part about being tall
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You know, everybody's got that stereotypical. They go, come up to me and they're like, how's the weather up there
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And I don't actually mind it ever. Like, I really don't. People say all kinds of things and I usually tune it out most often than not
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I had a lot of issues with just growing pains and everything like that for issues for my knees
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It was really difficult for like my muscular structure to keep up with my skeletal structure
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And that was what the doctor said to me quite often because my bones were growing so long that it just kept stretching out my muscles
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If I got hit in like an awkward way or something, my muscles just weren't really able to hold everything in place that they needed to
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And that, you know, kind of led me to be more predisposed to getting injuries. My sister and I really can relate to the struggles in finding cute clothes for tall girls
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The worst thing about being tall is probably trying to find clothes
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And clothes? Pants are tough. Pants are so hard to find because I always joke that I'm 97% leg. I have a lot of legs
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So it's definitely hard to find jeans or different pants that are long enough
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Yes, even though I'm 6'8.5", I still wear heels. And I can even throw it back in 6-inch heels
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I can drop it to the ground. I can dance. I can do anything in 6-inch heels
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I teach second grade, so I'm always with little kids who are always looking up to me
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And I love making sure that I'm a good example for them. And it's really fun being tall to be able to do that
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I would absolutely say that our height has contributed to our achievements
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and to the way that we were in sports and what we achieved in sports
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So my sister played basketball and my brother played basketball. I played basketball in high school, but I was more of a volleyball player
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I always joke that God made me tall because he knew I couldn't jump
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My vertical is like this. And that definitely helps, you know, having a longer wingspan, longer reach and everything
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You can block a lot of shots, get rebounds, get uncontested shots. My height gave me that opportunity to have the skill in basketball
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And I got my full-ride scholarship out there. And I played out there for a while
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But I was medically retired due to having too many concussions. And this was one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make
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because I had to put my health and safety first. And I had to set aside my love of the game
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And for years and years, this was my dream ever since I was, you know, a little, little girl
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Yeah, I think it's helped my family be closer together because I think everybody sees what it is like to be tall
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or how you get treated by the other people for being tall
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Not that it's a bad thing, but you do draw a lot of attention
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It was surprising when my kids started growing taller than me. I never thought, especially the girls, I mean, Savannah's taller than me
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When they started getting taller, I was like, So, was I looking for a taller guy for my husband
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Yes, that was important to me, to meet somebody that was taller than me
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He was actually sitting down when I met him. I didn't know he was that tall
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I feel our family is a closer unit because we are all in this together
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We're all in this together. We're all in this together. We're all in this together
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I feel our family is a closer unit because we are all so tall
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Being a part of the official world record-holding family, it's really an honor. It's super cool
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Almost has made all of our tall people's struggles worthwhile at this point
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We're all so much more than tall people. You know, we have so many great assets that make us who we are
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and that's what I want people to see. I'm more than just a tall person
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so that's been something I try to teach my students. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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