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.
Achondroplasia is one of the most common forms of short limb dwarfism. Achondroplasia is a bone growth disorder that affects 1 in every 15,000 to 40,000 births. Achondroplasia is called an autosomal dominant condition.