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Is there any hope for me growing taller?

Hi, I just turned 18 and I'm extremely self conscious of my height and it's always bugged me. I am currently 169cm tall and my parents are about 162cm and 180cm  tall. My calculated expected height from various sources seems to be about 175cm. From what I can remember I was about 165cm when I was 15 and I remember still feeling like i was growing and about 162cm when i was 14, just for context. I have definitely hit puberty in terms of muscle tone and body hair (voice has always been deep so I can't give an accurate account of that). So basically I'm still here wondering if I'll be short forever so I thought I'd ask this just to see if I can get any medical opinions on my situation. Thanks
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