George, Olive Mapstone, Mum and Dad, June and Milton CoffinI almost envy friends from ethnic backgrounds who had Nonnas, Nonnis, Opas and Omas etc. It sounds so cultural, almost romantic.
I don't know why but my parents chose Nana and Papa as the title for my grandparents and great grandparents. For which I still hold a fondness for that title.
In my own situation there are only a few grandparents for which my inlaws were already Nan and Pop so we went along with those titles. My side are Granddad for my father and grandma for my now deceased Grandmother (my mum never had the chance to get a title)
We did have a curious situation in our family as for a little kid there was a lot of confusion with so many grandparents and great grandparents. My parents chose an interesting way to make it clear who was who.
My parents chose to link the grandparents with their pets to make it easy, so this was the situation
on mums side
her parents Milton and June Coffin (I will blog more about the names)
( just imagine calling your grandmother Nana Coffin)
their dogs were called Taffy (welsh corgi)
so they were Taffy Nana and Papa
my grandmothers Mum and Dad- Eliza(beth) and George Bailey
they had a bird called Georgie
so they became Georgie Nana and Papa
on Dads side, his parents George and Olive Mapstone
they originally had a dog called Peppie, then later a dog called Dinkie
so they were orinally Peppie Nana and Papa then later Dinkie Nana and Papa
my grandfathers Mum Elizabeth was only ever known by us as Gran
So how do you as a parent choose the title of your childrens grandparents? Are you still formal or do you just use names etc? i'd be interested to know.
