Is Josiah Roloff a little person?

AMERICA has been watching the Roloff family since Little People, Big World premiered on TLC back in 2006.

Now, the Roloff kids are off living their own lives and starting families.

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Is Josiah Roloff a little person?

Josiah Roloff is known as the newborn son of Zach and Tori Roloff.

The couple welcomed Josiah on April 30, 2022.

Shortly after his birth, the couple revealed that he was diagnosed with achondroplasia, the same form of dwarfism his dad and two siblings have.

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Zach and Tori revealed the news exclusively to , adding that it's important to remember that his condition is “not his identity.”

“He’s Josiah. He has achondroplasia, but he’s not, like, Josiah the achondroplasia,” Zach said.

“Just like I’m Tori, I have brown hair,” Tori added. “I’m not a brunette — like, that’s not how I would classify myself.”

The couple also shares Jackson, 5, and Lilah Ray, 2.

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What is achondroplasia?

Achondroplasia is known as the most common type of short-limbed dwarfism.

It ultimately impairs the growth of someone's bones in the limbs and causes abnormal growth in the spine and skull, according to .

Achondroplasia occurs about one time in every 40,000 births, and while it is a genetic mutation, only around one out of five cases is hereditary.

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Do other Roloffs have achondroplasia?

Dwarfism in the Roloff family is not uncommon, and Josiah is not the only one to be diagnosed.

Along with Josiah, his father, and siblings, his grandparents, Amy and Matt Roloff, also have it.

“It’s so normal to us,” Tori explained to Us Weekly.

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“We have so many resources and there’s a lot of parents out there who don’t have the same resources and … don’t have the same confidence in everything that Zach and I do.”

Matt and Amy’s other kids, Zach's twin brother Jeremy, their daughter Molly, and their other son Jacob, do not have achondroplasia.