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 a type of rare genetic bone disorder. It causes the strong, flexible tissue called cartilage to not be made into bone as normal. People with achondroplasia have normal intelligence and normal lifespan. Achondroplasia is a genetic disease. Most cases of achondroplasia are from a new gene mutation in families.