-=> Quoting Danny Ceppa to Nancy Backus on 01-19-07  13:23 <=-

 NB> hubby had 2, and then there were my parents and his parents...  so
 NB> there were (great) Grandmother, (great) Grampaw, (great) Granmaw,
 NB> (great) Grandpa, (great) Grandma, Granddaddy, Grandmommy, Grampa and
 NB> Pom-pom...  As time went on, and the grands necessarily thinned out,
 NB> the special name stayed...  

 DC> It's hard to get rid of pet names.  I've got a cousin Wadju.  One of 
 DC> my Mom's cousins is still known as 'Cupcake'.  

At least in this case, my son was the only that actually used the pet
name for his grandmother.  His two cousins called her Gramma.  They had
fewer grands and great-grands to keep track of.  

Pet names aren't necessarily a bad thing, either...  :)  My grampa's
sister Martha was always known as Brownie, so my mom's generation and
following always called her Aunt Brownie.  And I have an Aunt Dofie,
whose real name is Dorothy.

ttyl        neb

... Genealogy! Better than the best adventure game.. and as Frustrating!

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