When you were a child, what did you call your grandmother and grandfather? I called mine Meme and Papa. And you?

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[CozyMystery]

1. Grandma and Pa; Oma and Opa nt

[debm55]

2. Thank you very much, CozyMystery. Is that Greek?

[Laurelin]

17. German or Dutch

I don't know Greek

[CozyMystery]

23. German. My grandparents lived in Leipzig their entire lives. nt

[hlthe2b]

3. The oldest male cousin of my extended cohort gave them the monikers, "Momo & Popo"...

It stuck. Even all the Aunts, Uncles, Parents referred to them as such.

[debm55]

4. HAHAHHAHA. Thank you very much for sharing with us, hithe2b

[tonkatoy8888]

5. I'm from the South

My paternal grandparents were meemaw and granddaddy.

My maternal grandmother was mamma vard. Her surname was Brevard, but my oldest cousin couldn't pronounce it, so Mamma Brevard became mamma vard.

[debm55]

6. Thank you very much for sharing with us, tonkatoy8888,

[deRien]

7. I only had a grandmother

The other grandparents died before I was born. We all called our grandmother “Ma”

[debm55]

8. Thank you very much for sharing with us. deRien.

[Redleg]

9. My maternal grandparents were Oma and Opa, my paternal grandparents Grandma and Grandpa

My kids even call my dad Opa for some reason. He seems to prefer it.

[debm55]

10. That is great, Thank you for sharing with us, Redleg.

[livetohike]

11. Paternal Grandparents were Dzedo and Baba. Maternal

Grandmother was Grandma. My Mom’s Dad died when she was 13 and Grandma never remarried. All Grandparents were Slovak.

[debm55]

12. Thank you very very much for sharing with us, livetohike. My grandmother on my maternal side was was Baba.

[surrealAmerican]

13. One of my grandmothers was "Grandma", the other was "Nana".

I probably would have called my grandfather "Grandpa", but I'm not sure if I was talking yet when he died. My other grandfather died before I was born.

[debm55]

14. Thank you very much.surrealAmerican. I am sorry.

[lark]

15. I was boring - Grandma and Grandpa was what I called them.

Grandma Watson, Grandma Sweeting was how I talked about them to differentiate.

I told my 1-1/2 year old this was his grandma and grandpa and my son interpreted that as Nonni and Poppi. My daughter just followed her older brother - so Nonni and Poppi they were.

[debm55]

16. Thank you very much for sharing that with us, lark. I like it .

[Aristus]

18. My paternal grandparents were Mimi and Papa.

My maternal grandparents were Mama and Gangy (my sister's way of saying "grandfather".)

[debm55]

46. Oh how sweet. Thank you , Aristus.

[Vinca]

19. Gram and Gramp. Hard to believe they've been gone for so long. 58 and 52 years.

[debm55]

48. Thank you Vinca.

[Mad_Dem_X]

20. My father's parents were Grandmom and Grandpop;

My mother's parents were Nanny and Pop-Pop.

[applegrove]

21. Granny and grandad (insert last name here). Granny or grandad

to them in person.

[JustKay]

22. Oma (grandmother) and opa (grandfather) - German

[some_of_us_are_sane]

24. Grandma and Grandad

My dad's mother lived with us for a few years. She worked all that time making homemade pies for the Pittsburgh Museum cafeteria. She used to buy a pint of cottage cheese, then secretly eat it in the bedroom which she shared with my sister and I.

Our parakeet used to fly free and land on her big toe when she sat in our living room recliner. He'd say, "Gimme kiss. Hurry up!" Then nibble gently at her toe. LOL!!!

[u4ic]

25. Baba

She was the only grandparent still alive by the time I was born. My grandfathers were Dido (dee-do), all were Ukrainian.

[UpInArms]

26. TwoDad and Gram

Thanks Deb … I had not thought about that in years

[Endlessmike56]

27. My family is Polish and Slovak

We called my grandmother Babka, my grandfather died before I was born

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. Grandma was my father's mother. She died when I was 8.

I only had one grandparent. The others had died long before I was born Two great-grandfathers died only 10 years before I was born.

[rzemanfl]

30. You are up too late.

I am going back to sleep.

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. I can sleep late tomorrow if I want.

Heading to bed shortly.

[debm55]

45. Thank you, greatauntoftriplets.

[greatauntoftriplets]

47. You're welcome.

My other grandparents all died young. My father's father was was 34 when he died of flu in the 1918 pandemic.

[Figarosmom]

29. Maternal was Nana and Granddaddy

Paternal was Grandma Rose and Grandpa Tony.

Funny one is what my daughter called my husband's mom and dad. She called him, Buzzy and her, Grandma Buzzy. I don't remember why though.

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44. Thank you, for sharing. Figarosmom. That is funny.

[FuzzyRabbit]

31. Gramma and Grandad.

We still have Gramma's beautiful silverware and china. My sister will sometimes use it on holiday dinners.

[debm55]

43. That sounds wonderful, FuzzyRabbit.

[Deuxcents]

33. Maternal grandparents were mom mom n pop pop..loved them dearly

My parents were divorced when I was young and met my grandfather as an adult..cool guy and his wife was mee maw, a sweetheart..they remembered me as a baby..lots of family I never knew growing up. They’re all gone now but a couple of cousins

[debm55]

42. Thank you so much for sharing, Deuxcents.

[MIButterfly]

34. Busia, which is Polish for Grandma

I never knew my other grandparents.

My Busia lived to be 96 and I was lucky enough to have her until I was almost 50!

Droga Busia, ja che kocham (spelled phonetically because I don't know all that much Polish). ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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41. Thank you very much, MIButterfly. A long and loving life your Busia had❤️

[OldBaldy1701E]

35. My family was a study in opposites.

My father's parents were known as Pop and Grandma Juicy (because she always had Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum in her purse... usually for the grandkids of course).

My mother's parents were known as Grandmother and Grandfather, although Grandfather died when I was like 2.

Every Christmas, we got the stuffy, English luncheon at my mother's parents, and then the down home country Christmas with my father's parents.

Wild.

[debm55]

40. Thank you very much. OldBaldy1701E for sharing.

[mwmisses4289]

36. My dad's mom we called "Grandmama".

Didn't even meet Grandpapa until just a few weeks before he died, at his request; long story short, he and my dad had a falling out when dad decided to join the military and Grandpapa refused to speak to him ever again. My uncle took us to see him.
My mom's parents died years before I was born.

[debm55]

39. Thank you for sharing, mwmisses4289

[Niagara]

37. My maternal grandparents were

"Grandpa" and "Grandma". They use to visit Texas in the winter months after they retired. As an adult, I wrote them letters and addressed the envelope as Grandpa and Grandma with their surname. They liked that and it would make them smile.


My paternal grandparents were a gazillion years old when I was born. I think I was 3 when my grandfather died and 5 when my grandmother died. I don't remember what either one of them looked like and I'm not close to anyone on that side of the family.

[debm55]

38. Very sweet. Thank you, Niagara, for sharing.