S/O Aunts/Uncles...what will LO call your cousins?

mysticporter · March 2010

What do you/do you plan on having your LO call your cousins? Growing up we only knew a handful of my parents cousins, but we called them "Cousin Firstname". In DH's family large extended family, the trend seems to be that anyone a generation up is Aunt/Uncle no matter what the relation (outside of grandparents, of course). I'm curious what other people do.

Brookie-Cookie · March 2010

we called them Cousin _____ or just First Name. None of our cousins are stuffy and First Name will suffice. Though one of H's cousin and wife refer to us a Auntie and Uncle now that I think about it.

Bandia12 · March 2010

Just by their first name.

ETA** some older cousins, that are like older than me will prob be called Aunt/Uncle

Unknown · March 2010

I don't have any cousins around, but if I did, LO would just call them by their first names. DH has cousins - LO will call them by their first names...and our LO will have cousins and will just call them by their first names.

Dobie_Mama · March 2010

Mostly first names. I have one cousin who I'm as close with as a sister ... I don't have any siblings. So she's Auntie FirstName. Just to keep things confusing. lol

beebcaf · March 2010

I guess it depends. To my cousin's kids I am just my first name. But our other cousin goes by Aunt First Name.?

mlc92404 · March 2010

All cousins have always been called by their first name (can't say I've EVER heard someone refer to a cousin as "Cousin ________")

AmandaAndTj · March 2010

Only first names. Even the older generations.

negrilbride07 · March 2010

I would imagine they would just refer to them by first name. The older cousins I will probably have her say Cousin _____.

Ryleigh · March 2010

First name.

Brookie-Cookie · March 2010

mlc92404:
All cousins have always been called by their first name (can't say I've EVER heard someone refer to a cousin as "Cousin ________")

My mom has 2 cousins that were a lot older than my mom. Like they were in their 30s when my mom was born. They were always called Cousin ____. That is what we were raised to call her too. I think it was just an age thing and needing a title for respect.

morrigan08 · March 2010

I never was a fan of Aunt and Uncle. So my little one will call everyone by their first name. It is what I did growing up and don't see a reason to have it different.

CanadianMama3 · March 2010

my female cousin and I am very close we were raise almost as sisters so my children call her aunti and her children are considered cousins, we have a close knit family so yes all the cousins are considered aunts and uncles even though we know it isnt so and they will be told and learn themselves obviously as they get older but we appreciate the closeness =0

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trinakb · March 2010

I'm also in New England and i've never heard of anyone calling anyone "cousin firstname." I just call all my cousins by their first names.

koat · March 2010

We've always used FirstName.

Mrs. BZ · March 2010

I would just have them call them by their first name. Any uncles/aunts are called Uncle First Name/ Aunt First Name.

seells · March 2010

In Dh's family any person who is a generation up is a tia/tio. So they will call them either tio/tia first name or just first name. I have like 3 cousins, lol, and I doubt my children will ever meet them.

Trish&Pete07 · March 2010

Cousins I would just call by there first name. Close friends DD calls Mr/Mrs/ Miss first name.

RitaT22 · March 2010

I always called my mom's and dad's cousins Tia _____ or Tio______ (Spanish for aunt and uncle). LO will do the same with mine and DH's cousins.

I have a questions maybe someone could answer. My niece calls my mom Nana, and DH's nephews call my MIL Nana. What is our LO supposed to call each of them if they are both currently referred to as Nana?

mysticporter · March 2010

zukolivie:
In New England we don't put titles on people, so when DH and I moved out to the midwest we were like, wtf is going on?

Our kids will call their peer family members by their first names, without the formality of a title. Aunts, unlces will all be Aunt Kate or Uncle Kevin.

DH and his extended family are all from New England, they're the ones that use Aunt/Uncle for any relative from an older generation. Apparently there are some NE'ers that put titles on people, LOL. Most of my cousins did ditch the "Cousin" title and their LO's call me by my first name, that's what we're leaning toward although it hasn't come up much yet since we live out of state.

bumpuser1691848 · March 2010

We've always just called cousins by their first names. What I'm still wondering about is what LO will call her aunt/uncles. I've always just called them by their first name, never Aunt _____ or Uncle ______. But DH's side says does use Aunt or Uncle in front of the name.

kasslynne · March 2010

We will have them refer to them with their first name.

MrsMucker · March 2010

just first names. I have some young cousins who are the same age as my nieces and nephews. obviously my nieces and nephews call me aunt sarah but when the family all gets together my little cousins call me aunt sarah too. it's kinda funny. they are too little to explain that i am their cousin and what that all means. someday they will figure it out.

MarknCalsMommy · March 2010

My cousins I guess just go by first names, but I refer to their kids (well the ones that are little still...one cousin has grown kids already) as my LOs cousins. They are, just 2nd cousins.