Darren's mother is from Cebu in the Philippines, and has Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish ancestry. Darren's father is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has English, and some German and Northern Irish, ancestry.
Description. While dwarfism is sometimes used to describe achondroplasia, a condition characterized by short stature and disproportionately short arms and legs, it is also used more broadly to refer to a variety of conditions resulting in unusually short stature in both children and adults.
Definition/Description. Achondroplasia is a rare congenital disease which predominantly affects the long bones of the body. Most cases are from an autosomal dominant inherited fibroblast growth factor receptor- 3 (FGFR3) gene which has been mutated.