There is a typo on my grandmothers headstone

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Hi,

My grandmother died in her 40s when my mother was in her early 20s. I was born a decade after she died. My mother found it too painful so has never visited her grave. I did not even know where it was until my grandfather passed away last year and was buried with her.

I decided to visit this weekend as I was in the area on holiday (it is in Wales and I am in southern England). I noticed a typo on the headstone. It says she was an adopting grandmother. I assume it was meant to say "a doting" grandmother.

I feel bad that it has been this way for nearly 30 years and no one has noticed.

AIBU to want to get it fixed at a cost of a few thousand? Or should I leave it? I have not mentioned it to my mother. I am not sure what her reaction would be.

Thanks

1200 pounds?no way :) let her be an adopting grandma
Surely she had a sense of humor. 😆

An "adoring" grandmother, perhaps? It's closer to "adopting".

Sorry to derail OP. But you might raise a brief smile to the old Yorkshire story of a widower who wanted to "Lord, she was thine" put on the gravestone.

He goes to see it and it reads "Lord, she was thin." He berates the stonemason and tells him he's missed out an e.

Goes back and sees it. It reads "E Lord, she was thin."

If I were you I would make sure at least that the church records read as they should.

Yeah, maybe she did have some adopted grandkids, whatever that means.

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the suggestions. I am at work atm so have not had a chance to contact the stone mason.

She definitely did not have any adopted grandchildren. She had my mother early at age 19 (as you did back in the day). Adoring grandmother is referring to my eldest brother. He was a couple of months old when she died.