Bridgette ‘Bri’ and Brad Jordan, of Centralia, Illinois, may share a last name with the basketball legend, but that is where the similarities between them and Michael Jordan end.
In contrast to their larger-than-life namesake standing at six feet six inches tall, the Jordans are the Guinness World Records-certified smallest siblings in the world.
The duo suffer from Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II – a rare illness that affects less than 200,000 people in the U.S. population associated with brain and skeletal abnormalities.
Bri Jordan, 23, stands at 27 inches and has to use a foot stool to get into bed, while her brother is 38 inches tall, which does not stop him from playing sports, according to the newsmen.
‘Bradley especially doesn't seem to have a problem with being shy,’ the siblings’ mother, Christy Jordan, told the Huffington Post. ‘They've always been in the public eye.’
Last year for a few months, Bri Jordan was also the record holder for ‘World's Smallest Woman,’ but the title has since been awarded to Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India, who is just 24 inches tall.
