do /did you call them Grandmother/mom & Pop-Pop?

My paternal grandfather we called Bubba.
My paternal grandmother we called grandma
My maternal grandmother we called granny
I never knew my maternal grandfather.

The one set of 'grandparent's I had that I was in touch with were my great-grandparents. I called them Grandpa and Grandma. They died in 1990 and 1994. Seems like so long ago.

Unfortunately, the only grandparent I ever knew died when I was three years old (I have VERY dim memories of being scared of her), so I never got the chance to call them anything.

Unfortunately, the only grandparent I ever knew died when I was three years old (I have VERY dim memories of being scared of her), so I never got the chance to call them anything.

I'm sorry to hear that. Being that young it must be hard to remember her.

I only knew two, Nana and Pa.

we used to call my fathers parents "Grandmother" & "Pop-Pop" and we called my mothers parents "Nana" & "cal":lol: Yes, I know that sounds funny but it started years ago, when my older brother was just starting to talk (he's 57 now). There last name was CALHOUN and every time my brother saw him he would call him "Cal"

It was Gamma and Poppa when I was really little then I called them Grandma and Grandpa. For my 2 year old niece it's Nana and Poppa.

Gramma and Grampa

I knew 3 of my Grandparents. I called them grandpa and Grandma. My Paternal Grandpa died when I was 7. My Grandmother's both died in the 1990's and were in their 90's. I never knew my Maternal Grandfather. He died in 1952 in his 50's of a heart attack. He was in WW1. I still remember a large photo my Grandma had of him on the wall over her bed. It was him in his Army uniform.

dad's side Gramma and Grampa

mom's side Granny Patty and Granddad Dick

Grandma and Grandpa on both sides of the family.

I called both grandmothers "Grandma." My dad's dad died in 1956, and my mom's dad died in 1964.

I'm sorry to hear that. Being that young it must be hard to remember her.


Thanks, yes, I have only a very dim memory.

My dad's dad died eight years before I was born, and his mom (the one I recall) died when I was three. She was 88 years old. My dad was 45 when I was born, and I think his parents were both in their 40's when he was born, too, so that's a huge age difference between them and me.

My mom's mom died young, at age 51, three years before I was born. I would have loved to have met her, that's for sure. All my grandparents, really, but I've heard so many great tales about her. My mom's dad abandoned her and ignored the fact that he had me and my brother as grandkids (even after my mom sent him photos), so I never met him. When he died in 1981, my mom told my brother and I who were playing darts in the backyard. We both just kind of looked at each other for a minute, unsure of what to do or how to react, and just continued to play darts. We really didn't feel anything, sadly.

On my mom's side:
Grandma
Granddaddy (He died when I was 3, but that's what my sister and cousin called him)

On my dad's side:
Mom Mom
Pop Pop


* Personally, Mom Mom and Pop Pop have always sounded stupid to me. They should have asked to be called better "names." LOL

My mom's parents died when I was 3 and 4. My dad's father died years before I was born. My Dad's mom spoke only finnish and died when I was 8. My grandma MUMU lived about 3 miles away and I only saw her when my dad was with me. He did the translating. So I didn't have grandparents to see me through much of life. I remember in 7th grade a classmate said she had a great grandmother that was alive. I was stunned people lived that long.

a friend of mine has her kids call her parents Mom-Mom- & Pop-Pop. I agree Mom-Mom sounds stupid.:lol:

Here in Sweden, we have four different names for the four different grandparents.

Farfar = Paternal grandfather.
Farmor = Paternal grandmother.
Morfar = Maternal grandfather.
Mormor = Maternal grandmother.

Both my grandfathers died long before I was born, back in the 1960s (Mum was only fourteen years old when her father passed away). They never lived to see any grandchildren. Our "farmor" lived until 1985, when I was eight months old. My brother (who was fifteen years old) and my sister (who was twelve years old) remember her, but I don't of course. We have two protographs though, where she's holding me in her arms. So I really only got to know "mormor". She lived until 2003, when I was eighteen years old.

only got one grand papa now we call him daddy bob when my grand mama was live we called her mamma jean then my other grand we called him papa then we called my grand mama memo

My mom's parents are dead and my dad's mom is dead. I never met my dad's father because my dad said his dad left him when he was young. I miss my mom's parents a lot because i was closer to them than my dad's mom. I used to live with my mom's parents in Cleveland and i miss their house. They had a nice big house and their house was the biggest on the street. My mom's mother and my brother's birthday were the same day.

When I was really young I called them

Grandma - Bumma
Grandpa - Bumpa

When I got older I called them

Grandma - Guam
Grandpa - Guamp

I called my grandmother and grandfather…well, grandma and grandpa. My biological dad’s father died before I was born and I only met my dad’s mother once, when I was a little boy. My mom’s dad died back in 1999, I believe, and her mom died in 2004.