What do/did you call your grandparents?

Jugernot

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On my mom's side, they are Grandad and Granny. On my dad's side, they are Mamaw and Papaw (though, he died when I was 5)....

What do/did you call your grandparents?
 

TwinkleToes77

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on my dads side i have a grandpa (and a grandma, but she died) on my moms side i had a gram (she died too)
 

minendo

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Which ones? I have 8 of them right now.

Grandma and Poppop
Mary and Poppop
Gramps and Grams
Mommom and Marv

Man is my family screwed up.
 

4Lclovergirl

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My father's father died when he was 17, so I never met him, but his mother I called nana, and her "friend" (thye just never got married) was Big Jim, and on my Mother's side it was nanny from Florida, and Gankey (it's a family tradtion on that said, don't ask :p)
 

Jugernot

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Originally posted by: 4Lclovergirl
My father's father died when he was 17, so I never met him, but his mother I called nana, and her "friend" (thye just never got married) was Big Jim, and on my Mother's side it was nanny from Florida, and Gankey (it's a family tradtion on that said, don't ask :p)

Whoops, misread... :)
 

minendo

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Originally posted by: Jugernot
Originally posted by: 4Lclovergirl
My father's father died when he was 17, so I never met him, but his mother I called nana, and her "friend" (thye just never got married) was Big Jim, and on my Mother's side it was nanny from Florida, and Gankey (it's a family tradtion on that said, don't ask :p)

Wow, you were 17 and you had never met your father's father? Damn, that sucks.... :(
I think you misunderstood that. Her dad's dad (her grandfather) died when her dad was only 17.

 

Isla

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Abuela y Abuelo.

But being raised in the South, we say it more like "Wella and Wello"

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Lola

Mom's side: grama, grampa
dads side: Gran and Papa
God, i love them so much
 

gopunk

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mother's mother - deceased, but was popo
mother's father - yeye
father's mother - ahma
father's father - ahye
 

Mill

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Mother's side- Passed on, but called them Granny and Grandaddy.
Stepfather's side- Passed on, but called them Big Pop and Grammy.
Father's Side- Nanny and Paw-Paw. Yes it is spelled that way.
 

datalink7

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On my mom's side.

Great Grandmother - Grandmother
Grandmother - Bobbie (I randomly named her this when I was really young (nobody knows why). It stuck, and actually a lot of people call her Bobbie these days (her real name is Patricia)).
Great Grandfather - Never knew him.
Grandfather - Grandpa
Step Grandmother - Grandma Mertle

On my Dad's side:

Great Grandmother and Grandfather - never knew them
Grandfather - Never knew him
Grandmother - Wawa (wah wah)