What are grandmas called in your family?
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My grandmother and grandfather on my mom's side were "Oma" and "Opa" (Dutch words for grandma/grandpa; they came to Canada from the Netherlands, post-WWII), and my dad's parents were "Grandma" and "Grandpa". My Grandpa was full-blooded Dane, but born in North America, and my dad's family has almost zero connection to their heritage. Grandma was adopted.
No grandkids for my parents yet, but when I have kids, my mom will be an "Oma", too. When I eventually have grandkids of my own, way, way down the line, I will also be an "Oma".0 -
In my family, it's Mema and in my husband's, it's Mimi0
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We were boring growing up and just called our Grandma "Grandma". My daughter calls my mom, Nanny and she calls my mother in law, Mimi. And she calls her only living great grandmother, Mamaw. When my Grandma was alive she called her Memaw.0
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Mommom!0
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I think the only one I'm allowed to say on MFP is "the old bag" (and that's only when we're being nice)--It's not so much that I'm disrespectful, as the woman is horrible. My other grandmother is long dead, she was just "grandma."0
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My grandmas were both called just that...my kids call my mom Nana....my grandmas to my kids were GG (great grandma) and Mimi. I know someone who goes by Monet by her grandkids (I think this is French).0
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My grandmother and grandfather on my mom's side were "Oma" and "Opa" (Dutch words for grandma/grandpa; they came to Canada from the Netherlands, post-WWII), and my dad's parents were "Grandma" and "Grandpa". My Grandpa was full-blooded Dane, but born in North America, and my dad's family has almost zero connection to their heritage. Grandma was adopted.
No grandkids for my parents yet, but when I have kids, my mom will be an "Oma", too. When I eventually have grandkids of my own, way, way down the line, I will also be an "Oma".
I like how you assume that the children you don't even have yet will have children of their own. Nothing like assuming things about people who don't even exist yet (and may never).0 -
Nan or nanny0
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both of mine were just grandma..to my kids, my mom is grandma janet, and husbands mom is granny..when my time comes, i want to be called graMMy0
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all my nieces and nephs call me KK, but i didn't want my grandchildren to call me that. one niece called me Kakes, so we decided on GranKakes. the baby is only 9 months old right now, so we'll see what he converts it to when he starts talking! and his cousin (#2 grandbaby) is on the way!!!0
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Memer (French) and Lola(Filipino)0
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My daughter calls my mom and dad, Nana and Pap-Pap0
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My dad is Bop (it started as grandpa, my oldest somehow interpreted that as boompa and it stuck until my youngest shortened it to Bop) and my mom is mimi.
My grandparents were pop and granny.0 -
grandma/grandmom
nanny0 -
We are a multi-cultural family.
My Dad's Mother/Father is called "Grandmother/Poppy" (American)
My Mom's Mother/Father are called "Abuelita/Abuelo" (My grandparents are from Mexico/Spain)
When I have kids with my spouse, we have already been told my parents want to go by"Mamaw and Papaw" (I am from Texas).
My husband's parents want to go by " Gichan/Bahchan" (My husband is 1st generation American. His mother is from Japan and father is from Burma. They requested to go by the Japanese words for Grandma/Grandpa")0 -
Dad's side we called her Who-Who (story behind that one)
Mom's side we called her Mor-Mor. Which is Swedish for maternal grandmother "the mother of one's mother". She was Swedish.0 -
Grandma...0
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Grandmommy.0
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"Grandma" followed by their last name. May sound formal, but we only use it to distinguish which one we're talking about. In person, we just address them as "grandma".0
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We call my grandmother Baba.0
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