[SuziQ]

Or, could they be from Numenor?

The Numenoreans were longer lived than most men, not necessarily bigger and taller.

[JenB]

This old thread keeps getting resurrected... twice in two months...

[Miles the Slasher]

'Or, could they be from Numenor?'

"The Numenoreans were longer lived than most men, not necessarily bigger and taller."

Yes, but what if, we are really descended from the hobbits. The Numenorians would be the giants, the men of renown. hmmm.