Alpo Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Assuming that you had a great-grandparent still alive, what would you call them? My grandgirls were born in 03 and 06. Mama died in 08. La rubia weren't quite two - Mama died a month before her birthday - so she didn't really interact with her. They live in Georgia, and Mama'd only seen her a couple times. But Lobita was five, almost six. She'd met Mama a few times. Called her Grandma. I presume that's 'cause Hazel called her Grandma. Mama told me she was showing pictures of her down at the Star one night, and one of the other women said, "What does she call you?" Mama said, "Grandma", like, "What else would she call me?" My stepkids' Grandma's father was still alive, and they called him PAPA. So there was Grandma and Grandpa and Papa all living in that house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Nana and Papa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grass Range Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I assume they had proper names Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 The choice is usually ethnically based even if one is 12th generation American. I was always just a kid and never addressed them, but I think I would have said “uncle John” for my great uncle because that’s what everybody else called him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I am the oldest of the cousins on my mom's side of the family. When I was born all of my mom's family started calling their granny, great-granny; it stuck and that's how everyone referred to her until she died when I was 19 or so. On the other hand, my son is the oldest of my grandmother's great grandchildren and no one has ever called her anything other than mammy; no "great" prefix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I barely remember my paternal great grandmother but I do remember calling her "Grandma". I called my grandmother "Nanny". I called my maternal grandmother "Grandma" also. I never knew my maternal great grandmother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I was about five or so when my mother's grandmother (my great-grandmother) passed. We always referred to her as "Grandma B------ (using her last name). We always referred to my grandparents as grandma or grandpa with their last name, or with just the initial of their last name. My grandchildren call me GrandpaJim and my wife Grand(using her nickname). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Mam and Sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Whatever your parents called them. I never knew any of my great grandmas and grandpas, but my grandmother and grandfather lived to see their great grandkids nearly grow up. The great grandkids called them 'mum' and 'grandpa' just like all the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I did not meet my great grands. My Grandmother, born in 1898, preferred to be called Granny, so we did. No one would dare cross her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 My mother is a great grandmother. My son, Hatfield, has always called her Grandmother. My own grandkids call me Papa and Schoolmarm is Mimi and they call my mom Grandmother, as do my niece and nephew. In this case, one size fits all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Plasters, SASS#60943 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Grandpa and Grandma with one set and Pop Pop and Babushka with the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 We always called our great grandfather "Grampa"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 We called grand father "grampa" and grand mother "gramma." Most of my friends called their grand moms either Busha or Bobbi or Nana. STL Suomi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Grandpa & Grandma. Never got to talk with anyone previous to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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