Family Poll: What do you call your grandparents?
 

I am always amazed at what folks call their grandparents. What do/did you call yours?

Maternal grandmother: Granny (I made her a grandmother) :D
Paternal grandmother(RIP): Big Mama (I followed the others)
Maternal grandfather(RIP): Only saw him once and called him grandpa
Paternal grandfather(RIP): Big Daddy (see Big Mama)

Maternal grandmother (RIP): Grandma and Dot 9her nickname)

Paternal grandmother (RIP): She passed away before I was born

Paternal grandfather: Big Ed (it's what EVERYONE calls him)

Maternal grandfather: I live with him so I call him grandpa and to make when I'm mad I call him George

I was really close with my maternal grandma and I'm dedicating my upcoming graduation to her.

Maternal Grandmother: Grandmamma (RIP)
Maternal Grandfather: Granddaddy

Paternal Grandmother: MeMa
Paternal Grandfather: Paw-Paw (RIP)

Paternal Greatgrandmother (still Living!): Mama Sadie

Maternal Grandmother (RIP): Grandma & Miss Ann. I called her one day when she was getting into the later stages of Alzheimer's, she told me she didn't have any grandchildren, so I had to call her Miss Ann. :(
Maternal Grandfather (RIP): Grandpa

Paternal Grandmother (RIP): Ma Mary
Paternal Grandfather (RIP): Never had a chance to call him anything. He died when my Daddy was 2.

I did not invent these names. On both sides of my family, I am one of the younger grandchildren, if not the youngest. So, I had no choice in determining what the grandparents would be called.
Maternal Grandmother (RIP)-Muh (Her children called her this, too. Yet, they called her mother "mother")
Maternal Grandfather (RIP)-Paw Paw

Paternal Grandmother-Bamma
Paternal Grandfather-(RIP) Big Daddy

Maternal Grandmother- Granny
Maternal Grandfather (RIP)-I really don't remember him, he died when I was 2, so if he's mentioned now, I just call him Grandpop.

I didn't know my Paternal side (RIP).

I have never met any of my grandfathers.

I call my grandmothers ma-dear and grandma jimmy

Maternal Grandmother- Nan-Nuh
Maternal Grandfather- Grandpa Stalling

Paternal Grandmother- Grandma King
Paternal Grandfather- Grandpa King

:D My son calls my mom Ganma Wassy. It should be Grandma Rossie.

Maternal Grandmother (RIP): Grandmama
Maternal Grandfather (RIP): Grandaddy

Paternal Grandmother (RIP): Nana
Paternal Grandfather (RIP): Died before I was born

Maternal Grandmother: Mom-mie
Maternal Step-grandfather: Granddaddy
Maternal bio-grandfather: ummmmmm.....

Paternal Grandmother: Grandma 2
Paternal Grandfather(RIP): don't remember...prolly the generic "grandpa"

On both sides Maternal and Paternal, it's/was Granny and Grandaddy!:D :D :D

I think when it's my turn to be a grandmother, I would prefer to be called.....MeMa

Don't know anything about my paternal family. I don't even know the "paternal.":rolleyes:

My granny was called Granny. She died 5 months after my college graduation.

My grandfather is called Granddaddy.

Maternal Grandmother: (RIP) passed before I was born :(
Maternal Grandfather: (RIP) passed before I was born :(

Paternal Grandmother: (RIP) Grandma
Paternal Grandfather: (RIP) Granddaddy

ooh, I like this one!
 

Since they reared me from the age of 3, my maternal grandparents were more like my parents, so they're Ma and Da (yeah, I'm a good ol' Southern gal originally from God's country, North Carolina). Although you didn't ask, my mom is Mommie!

Don't really remember too much of my paternal grandparents - that's another story another day.

mother's side : Grandma & Grandpa

father's side: Daddy Mac (grandfather)

That's what my father, aunts, and uncles called him so that is what we called him to. Sounds like a Pimp's name, right?

I never knew his mother. she died when he was young.

Maternal grandmother: Muh-dear (pray for her yall...she just had a stroke & she's the one that i'm closest to):(
Maternal grandfather: Granpap

Paternal grandmother: Grams (RIP)
Paternal grandfather: Paps (RIP)



PS-My mom said when I have kids (just putting all on me), she wants them to call her Nana.

Maternal grandmother: Ma (RIP)
Maternal grandfather: Never met him (RIP)

Paternal grandmother:Ma (94 years old)
Paternal grandfather: Never met him (RIP)
Adopted grandma lived next door: Tanti Cynthia. In trinidad everybodies Tanti or Tanny sometin'

Maternal: Grandmother and Papa
Fraternal: Grandmother and Grandpa

And.....my parents were Mother and Daddy (and I was a Daddy's girl!)

Well both my father's parents passed before my parents were even married.

Maternal Grandmother: Grandma
Her husband (RIP): Uncle Chrissie

Maternal Grandfather: Grandpa
His wife: Auntie Flo...my mom calls her this too.

Brickhouse492 - we have a Tanti in our family too. :D

cute!!
 

Maternal grandparents: Grandaddy (RIP)and Thelma (step grandmother)
Paternal grandparents: Grandma and Grandpa (RIP)

My daughter calls them (my parents)
Nana and Poppy
and (his mom) Grammy
both grandmothers chose the names to be called..

Maternal grandmother: (RIP) Maw
Maternal great-grandmother: (RIP) Maw-Maw
Maternal grandfather: (RIP) Paw
Maternal great-grandfather: (RIP) Paw-Paw

Paternal grandfather: (RIP) Paw
Paternal grandmother: (RIP) Never met her (she died while giving birth to my father)

I was the first grandchild (and great-grandchild) for my mom's family and I lived with my grandparents until my grandmother died when I was 15. I was the only girl for my dad's side. Trust me, this Diva was spoiled! :D

maternal grandmother: Grandma P and the little kids call her GG for great grandma
paternal grandmother: Granny

Mother's side-- Grams or Gramma...RIP, and granddaddy...RIP

Father's side-- Grandma and I only met my fathers father once and to this day I still don't know his name...:confused:

Maternal Grandmother: Gram
Maternal Grandfather: Papa (when I was REAL little), Grandpaw (when I got older, like 8 or 9)

Paternal Grandmother (RIP): died before I was born
Paternal Grandfather (RIP): Grandpaw

cute thread...

Maternal Grandmother: Big Momma (RIP)
Maternal G'father: Granddaddy (RIP)

Paternal G'mother: Grandmomma (RIP)
Paternal Great G'mother: Grandma Sankie (RIP)
Paternal Grandfather died when my dad was 4, but we refer to him as Granddaddy Hayes

My mother is now Mam Mam to her grandkids (my neices and nephews). She really wanted to be called Big Momma, but considering she's about a size 8 it never stuck!!

Maternal Grandmother: Mama (RIP)
Maternal Grandfather: Poppy (RIP)

Paternal Grandparents died before I was born. (RIP)

Maternal Grandmother: Grandma
Maternal Grandfather: Grandpa Tom (RIP)

Paternal Grandmother: Nana (RIP) (Pronounced Nan-nuh)
Paternal Grandfather: Nono (RIP) (Pronounced Non-no)

I'm takin' it to the country with these :)

Maternal Grandfather: Paw-Paw
Maternal Grandmother: Maw-Maw

My Paternal Grandfather and Grandmother died when I was young, so I didn't really have any cute nicknames for them.

Maternal Grandfather: (RIP) Pa-pa or grandaddy
Maternal Grandmother: Gramma


Paternal Grandfather: Grandaddy Richard
Paternal Grandmother: (RIP) Grandma Viola

Maternal grandmother -- Granny
Maternal grandfather -- never met him
Maternal stepgrandfather (the only one I'll claim as being a grandfather, we were close) -- Shorty (RIP)
Maternal Great Grandmother -- Madea
Maternal Great-Great Grand -- Mama Ammie (RIP)

Paternal grandmother -- RIP, she passed when I was young, so no name for her.
Paternal grandfather -- (RIP) well, I never really called him anything. I rarely saw him and when I did, I just tapped his shoulder if I wanted something. My aunts, uncles and my dad called him by his first name.

My parents are Mama (or Ma) and Daddy -- my neice calls my mother Mama, also. For the longest, she told people that my mother was her "other mama" so much that it rubbed off on my nephew -- he stills calls her "Other mama" :) .

Maternal Grandmother (RIP): Nana and in her later years MyNana (she left us when she was 85). MyNana and I were real close and I told my family at her wake that I am her favorite ;) She called me her Corporate Grandbaby! :D

Maternal Grandfather (RIP): Grandpa

Paternal Grandmother (RIP): Grandma Josie or Nana

Paternal Grandfather (RIP): I never met him, and if I did, I was REAL young.

Maternal Great-Grandmother (RIP): Passed before I was born
Paternal Great-Grandmother (RIP): Grammy

Step-Paternal Grandmother: Grandmaw Guy or Grandmaw Connie

Maternal grandmother - Nana
Maternal stepgrandfather - Roy (his real name)
Maternal grandfather (he died before i was born) - i guess, Grandpa
Maternal great-grandmother - Appy (RIP)*
*short version: my mom as a "wee one" said her grandmother looked happy. it sounded like "appy" and that's what she was called until she died 9/11/02. still a bit sad about that:(


Paternal grandmother - Gramma
Paternal grandfather - Grampa (RIP)

Maternal Grandmother: Abuela
Maternal Grandfather (RIP): Abuelo

Paternal Grandmother: Abuela H. (their first name)
Paternal Grandfather (RIP): Abuelo R. (their first name)

Maternal Great-Grandmother (RIP): Mama M. (their first name)
Maternal Great-Grandfather: Papa O. (their first name)

Amazingly, both are still here:
Paternal Great-Grandmother: Met her when I was 2, I think.
Paternal Great-Grandfather: Met him when I was 2, I think.

Wow...didn't realize I had 3 "Greats" still here ;)

That's a Blessing! :D

Maternal Grandmother: Grandma (recently turned 88!)

Paternal Grandmother:Grandma _______ (last name)

ETA: I never met either of my grandfather's. They passed before I was born. :(

I hope you don't mind me jumpin in here...

Maternal granmother: Nanny
Maternal grandfather(RIP): Grandad Paddy

Paternal grandmother: Grandma
Paternal grandfather(RIP): Grandad