What do your kids call their cousins' grandparents?

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I was reminded of this by the "What do your DC call their grandparents" thread... what do your DC call their cousins' grandparents (if anything - obviously lots won't know them)?

I guess in a lot of cases they'll only ever meet at birthday parties, or be talked about, but I'm curious as to what other people do. When I was younger, we called our cousins' GPs Granny/Granda Surname, same as our own GPs, but we knew they weren't our actual GPs. DH thinks this is odd and confusing and they should just call them by their first names, but I think that's a bit forward.

What do others do?

All my parents' friends and relatives were called aunty and uncle. If I didn't know them well, I'd have called them Mr & Mrs. I would never have been allowed to call them by their first name...until I was much older. I still call my dad's 90yr old cousin auntie, she says I should use her first name as auntie makes her feel old. 😄 But I can't, it's too ingrained.

I don't think the op meant grandparents siblings, did they. They said cousins grandparents.

Grandparents siblings would be great aunts and uncles, I think.

This has blown my mind, bizarrely! I've never even considered that cousins would meet each other's grandparents.

I had loads of cousins and step cousins growing up, saw each other lots, stayed together in the holidays etc, but I've never met any of their grandparents! DD hasn't met any of her cousins grandparents either, and I can't think of a scenario where she would. Birthday parties etc were always for school friends - it wouldn't have felt nice to invite cousins who would only know the birthday child and would have inevitably felt left out when everyone else knew each other.

I suppose if you all (siblings and siblings in laws) live really local to each other then you'll see each other in passing. But it would have had to have been a big wedding or something for us to meet cousins grandparents.

Thinking about it, I presume my cousins grandparents were at their weddings (if they're still alive?!) and I was there, but there were no introductions even now we're all adults!

I never met my cousins GP’s from the other side and DS is mid teens and has never met his cousins other GP’s either.

I wouldn’t know any of them if I fell over them so I wouldn’t call them anything.

I called my cousins grandparents (on their dads side) Granny and Granda (second name). My sisters grandparents I called by their first names.

I've never been to my cousins weddings (long story or stories), so wouldn't have met them there either.

Thinking about it my children have met one cousins grandmother a few times. I think they would use her first name if anything, but I don't think they've had cause to. When talking about her she is called (sil's name) mother. Another of their cousins grandmothers was at a wedding, but don't hink they crosseed paths.

I don't recall ever meeting my cousin's grandparents on the inlaws side.

With my DS he just says 'Sophie's nan' but as you suggest they rarely meet. If we were all neighbours who met regularly he would probably have taken to copying his cousin and calling her Nan. As kids we used Mrs X as that generation were a little more formal and my parents referred to them as such.

I only ever knew one of my cousin's grandmothers - she came from quite an aristocratic family and had married an aide to George VI - I only met her a few times, but she was definitely Mrs xxx.

Well the grandparents we share are referred to as nan and grandad. Their grandparents from their other side is first name basis though I’ve only ever met a couple of them.

I never met my cousins 'other' grandparents, and neither has ds. Based on my mums general rules, I would have called them Mr/Mrs X as she didn't like random Aunty usage.

So SiL or BiL parents?

First name or X's Nan Gra ndad etc

Just by their names! Or (cousins name)’s granny/grandma/grandad/etc

Their first name

Cousins grandparents would be their grandparents also?

I’m so confused
Cousins share grandparents?

If you mean the cousins ‘other grandparents’ then my kids would rarely mix with them but they would be x’s ‘other granny’ etc

Meet at Xmas when often sil has her father around at the same time as dh’s family.

Also weddings, christenings etc.

We have a mix of grandparents and great grandparents and also socialise with my BILs parents, names or Granny Name works well, helps differentiate when there are 3 Granny's

When I was little I used to call one Nana and the other Nana place name - I think their actual name is much nicer to use

@NautaOcts - 'tis confusing! In my case, my mother's brother's children (my first cousins) have mutual grandparents with me through my mother and their father. The 'other' grandparents would be my mother's brother's wife's parents.

my brain just exploded

My daughters cousins grandparents are ... her grandparents sooo they all call them the same

The oldest grandchild or their parents got to chose the name

@QOD

my brain just exploded

My daughters cousins grandparents are ... her grandparents sooo they all call them the same

The oldest grandchild or their parents got to chose the name

The OP means your daughter's other set of grandparents, the ones from the opposite side of the family to the one the cousins are on.

My children only know the other grandparents of one of their cousins and they call them by their first names, as that's how they were introduced to them when we first met. My chikdren are late teens/young adults and their cousin is a toddler though, which may affect things. I could see the dynamic being different if the cousins were close in age and spent a lot of time together and with the grandparents.

My DN knows my mother as she comes to family parties like birthday parties or Christenings etc.

I had to think about it but I do recall calling my cousin's grandparents, Mr or Mrs Last Name.

But only my paternal grandmother was known to my mother's family (including my cousins) by her first name.

I only knew the other gran in one side and referred to her as Mrs X as my mum did…actuslly I don’t know what her first name was.

The OP means a siblings in - laws surely. In my case i only ever met them at family events like weddings and funerals. My kids have met my nephew's other grandparents but i doing think they addressed them directly as they were very young at the time.