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My mum is Nanny My M-I-L is Nan and children's G.Grandmother was Nana. I am Nanny to my step-grandchildren. They were aksed if they wanted to call me Stev'e mum, Jacky or somethng else and they chose Nanny :-)))) Jacky :-)

I used Nana for one grandmother, Grandma for the other. Grandad for one grandfather and Grandpop for the other (even though I never knew him). They've all passed on now, even though I'm only 21.

I was brought up by my Grandparents .... my Grandma I called Nana ... and my Grandad ... I called Gaga, cos I couldn't say Grandad ! ... its still VERY difficult not to say Gaga when I'm talking about him, but I'm getting there with Grandad .. although it feels uncomfortable. Elaine :-)

My grandmother was always Grandma, but I let the little ones of hubby's call me Nanna D.... I didn't want to be Nanny as that sounded like a goat to me and a bit to close to the truth!! :O)

I'm Grandma and hubby is Grandad Doug to all our grandchildren. Their other grandfathers are all called Grandad (name) but Little Nanny, Big Nanny, Granny and Nanny for their grandmothers. My mum was always Grandma Mollie to mine and my brother's kids and it seemed right that I was called Grandma as Mum died before my grandchildren were born. My mother-in-law was always Nanny Worthing (coz that's where she lives! LOL) to my kids and now to my grandkids. My Canadian grandmother was Nanny in Canada and my English grandparents were Nanny and Pop Pop (changed to Grandad as we got older). My Dad always called his father-in-law Pop so I suppose Pop Pop was a natural name for him to be called. My son-in-law always called his grandparents by their first names (his parents too) but when my grandaughter was born my daughter thought it was wrong for her to use first names so they became Granny (name) and Grandad (name) and Great Granny (name). My mother-in-law refused to be Grandma or Granny as it made her feel too old and insisted on Nanny. She was 52 when her first grandchild was born. I couldn't wait to be called Grandma - I was 48! When my elder son started to talk he called my Mum 'Ma' and my Dad 'GaGa'! They soon corrected him though. LOL Sue xx

I'm Nanny and I was thrilled to bits yesterday when my two year old Grandson said 'Hello Nanny', for the first time on the 'phone. Jo.

I had a Nanny & Grandad & a Grandma & Grandad, The Grannys chose their own titles as neither liked the other title for different reasons! My children call my Mum Nanny - she chose that too! My youngest used to call his dummy a 'nana' so that got a bit confusing!! I find that there are not many Nanny cards though for birthday & mothers day!

My mum and dad are Nanny and Grandad and in laws are Nain and Taid (welsh) I had nanny, grandma and 2 grandads

I had a Nanny and a Nanny and Grandad ('best-est' person in the whole wide world EVER) We never seemed to get them confused. We have a local one for Grandad -Pappy - (at least i think its local -Midlands) which i think is horrible. ...Sorry to all Pappy's..... jess

I only had one Grandmother, the other and Grandfathers had died before I was born but we HAD to call her Grandma if we made the mistake of calling her Nan or Nanny we got Slapped! 'I am not a Paid Servant, I am your Grandmother'!, we all thought it funny and occasionally we slipped up just to annoy her, we had learnt to react quicker or course, :)) To my one year old Grandaughter I am Nanny, hubby is Grandad or Popsie and my Mum is Nanna, the other side is Nanny and Grandad too but I'm sure the surname's will soon be added on, my sisters to her are Granty 'name' and brothers Grungle 'name' :)))) Carrie

My kids (all grown up now) call my mother in law and father in law, grandma & grandad. My mum is also grandma, (that's what she likes) my dad is Poppy. When my grandad was still alive the children called him Old Poppy. When I was a child both sets were Nan & grandad, but I had one set of greats still alive, they were Great gran & Great grandad. Debbie

My sister's daughter defined the difference between my parents (Granda and Gran) and my mum's parents (Baldy Granda and Baldy Gran). Yes, my grandfather was bald. Margaret

my daughter always called my dad gang gang, and it stuck from when she first spoke, now its shortened to gang, son calls him grandad, or lately 'young un' they called mum nan

My mother was a children's nanny, so she is Granny to our children. My parents-in-law are now both dead, but their first grandchild, my eldest son, christened them Marna and Parder when he was beginning to talk. My dad's parents were both dead before I knew them, but my mum's parents were Grannie and Granddad to me. My husband was lucky enough to have all 4 of his grandparents living until he was 18. The English ones were Nanna and Papa and the Welsh ones Dadcu and Mamgu [willing to be corrected on spelling - its pronounced dadkey and mamgee] nell

We are Grandma and Grandad peeps.No Grans.I remeber when I was a kid that a Gran was like a witch!!Dont know why!!

I am Grandad to my local Grandson and Grampa Jim to Eldest D's 5 in Exeter.

I am called `Gran` off my 3 grandsons, which I love hearing! but I hate the name Granny

I am called `Gran` off my 3 grandsons, which I love hearing! but I hate the name Granny

i used to have gran and grandad my daughter has 4 all called nana and my partners nana is grandma for my daughter to try save confusion LOL then it is just grandad for the men annie

My dad's mum has always been 'Nanan' and his dad was 'Popa' to me. My children call both sets 'Grandma and Grandad' either with the donkeys or with Benji (dog). They call my grandmother 'Great Nanny'. Louise