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15. Maymeo

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 01:49 PM

Apr 2013

That's a guess on the spelling, but my great grandmother was Irish, and she preferred the Irish word for grandma. She was "Maymeo Colleen" until she died at 104 years old.

Interestingly, one of my grandmothers is still alive, as is one of my wifes. My kids simply call them "grandma". It's not something we specifically taught them, but my wife and I refer to them as "grandma" because they are our own grandparents, and our kids just picked up on it. They know the difference, but don't draw any distinction with the names.

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What did/do you call your great grandparents? [View all] redqueen Apr 2013 OP

I never knew them. femmocrat Apr 2013 #1

What did/do you call your great grandparents? Flashmann Apr 2013 #2

Only knew 3 of them tabbycat31 Apr 2013 #3

dead. Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #4

Ditto! ohiosmith Apr 2013 #24

yes 840high Apr 2013 #33

+1 ConcernedCanuk Apr 2013 #36

Yep. Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #42

This. My grandfather is a great grandfather, but not MY great grandfather. nt. Locut0s Apr 2013 #53

Maw. dawg Apr 2013 #5

Yeah... redqueen Apr 2013 #6

Only knew my mother's grandmother. Wait Wut Apr 2013 #7

I called my Dad's parents: bigwillq Apr 2013 #8

Grandmothers: Nonny and Gommy LancetChick Apr 2013 #9

I knew someone who had a great grandmother they called Nonny. redqueen Apr 2013 #18

Let's see: Populist_Prole Apr 2013 #10

funding source datasuspect Apr 2013 #11

Grandma, Grandma Becky and Grandpa Joe BainsBane Apr 2013 #12

my father's father's parents were Mamaw and Papaw (short a, like cat on first sylable) Kali Apr 2013 #13

Same as mine, with the short a. nt redqueen Apr 2013 #17

All of them were dead before I knew them. sakabatou Apr 2013 #14

Maymeo Xithras Apr 2013 #15

On my side, Everyone was/is Grandma and Grandpa OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #16

Never called them anything. They were dead before I was born. n/t RebelOne Apr 2013 #19

Great-Grandma Brown. I only met her a few times and she died when I was 11. nomorenomore08 Apr 2013 #20

My great grandmother, mother of my mother's mother. Ptah Apr 2013 #21

Aw... redqueen Apr 2013 #29

On my mother's side Super wasps-- on my father's side Left wing Jews olddots Apr 2013 #22

I didn't know any of them. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #23

My friend called hers grandpap, maamaw, papaw, and grannie. IrishEyes Apr 2013 #25

Another Maamaw and Papaw. redqueen Apr 2013 #30

My great niece & nephew Loryn Apr 2013 #26

Never knew them...all I know is what my mother told me about them. snappyturtle Apr 2013 #27

I never knew my paternal grandparents. redqueen Apr 2013 #31

A Civil War veteran kwassa Apr 2013 #28

They had all died before I was born nt susanr516 Apr 2013 #32

They died before I was old enough to call them anything. winter is coming Apr 2013 #34

My great-grandparents were all gone way before I was born Boomerproud Apr 2013 #35

Never met 'em. Iggo Apr 2013 #37

They were gone before I came along HeiressofBickworth Apr 2013 #38

GeeGee ... redqueen Apr 2013 #41

Jack and Nanny. Chan790 Apr 2013 #39

Never knew any of them, but my mother called her grandfather "Bestefar" The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #40

I never knew them BUT JitterbugPerfume Apr 2013 #43

GG mainstreetonce Apr 2013 #44

Dead. Long dead. One of my paternal ggparents was a civil war veteran. alphafemale Apr 2013 #45

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I only knew one grandparent and the great-grandparents were long dead before I appeared. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2013 #47

I never met them. nt LWolf Apr 2013 #48

I had three great grandmothers who all died when I was in high school Nikia Apr 2013 #49

I called them... FBN Apr 2013 #50

Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin Apr 2013 #51

Only had my great-grandmother alive Hayabusa Apr 2013 #52