• This was the first thing I thought of. I wonder what percentage of households consist of members who all have the same foot size? That’s got to be abnormal. What, do the 5 year olds suddenly sprout size-12 feet? They don’t wear socks before then?

      This story sounds utterly suspicious.

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        ~50% of men probably wear a size 9-11 shoe

        That’s a “Large” sock

        Man with a size 8 shoe could probably still wear a “Large” sock and be fine.

        ~75% of women wear a size 7-9

        Women with 6 or 6.5 should still be able to wear a 7-9 sized sock.

        Families have genetically similar feet

        I know from my experience, my father, my brother, and I all wear the same size. We all had different preferences and our own socks, but I could have easily worn their socks.

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          Yeah it’s definitely more reasonable than maybe it seems.

          As kids we had pretty similarly sized feet. And I don’t think I noticed if the socks I was wearing were too big or too small anyway, even now I have some socks that are bigger or smaller than others.

          And my parents had their own socks, so the sock basket was just for me and the sibs.