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34. They died before I was old enough to call them anything.

Reply to redqueen (Original post)

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 11:05 PM

Apr 2013

In the family we refer to them as Grandma or Grandpa plus their first name, i.e., Grandpa Jack.

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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

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #46

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