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Godparents

jiggycolejiggycole
in June 2012 Moms
I was wondering who is planning on having Godparents for their LO?  My DH and I want to ask his cousin to be a Godfather, but we really have no one in mind for a Godmother.  Is it ok to just have one or is it pretty traditional to have both?
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Re: Godparents

  • Sawyerplus1Sawyerplus1 member

    Are you referring to religious godparents, who are supposed to help raise your LO in your faith? Or a legal 'godparent' who would take your children should something happen to you and DH? Because they're technically different things (though they could, of course, be the same people). 

    If you're referring to the religious type, you'd have to check with your church and see what requirements they have. We use my sister and BIL as our LOs godparents, and I'm pretty sure my church (Catholic) requires 2 godparents for a LO. But we could technically use any 2 (Catholic) people we wanted, not necessarily a couple. 

    If you're referring to the legal kind of godparent, then you'd have to work that into your will, but I suppose you could have anyone you wanted, as long as you (and they) felt they were capable to take on the responsibility. 

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  • AndromedaEclipseAndromedaEclipse member
    It really depends on your customs and religion.  I'm Catholic, so it narrows the field.  One has to be Catholic and one has to be Christian, and they have to be one of each.  If they're not religious godparents, they can be whatever you want, one, two, six, or none.
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  • starrshinestarrshine

    imageAndromedaEclipse:
    It really depends on your customs and religion.  I'm Catholic, so it narrows the field.  One has to be Catholic and one has to be Christian, and they have to be one of each.  If they're not religious godparents, they can be whatever you want, one, two, six, or none.

    Just wanted to note that there is a little bit of flexibility with this.  Of course it would depend on how accommodating your parish/ priest is, but typically it's possible to have only one official godparent and then another person (either gender) be a "witness" who participates in the ceremony the same way a godparent does.  You can even have a witness along with two official godparents.

    So in my case, for instance... my brother, my sister, and my SIL are all "godparents" of our daughter because MIL had the fit of a LIFETIME over the fact that I only wanted my two siblings (SIL has denounced the faith and does not follow any organized religion while both of my siblings are practicing Catholics, so I didn't feel it was an appropriate choice to choose her over my sister, for example.)  So we ended up registering my siblings as the official godparents and then SIL as a witness, and the three of them participated in the ceremony equally.  So let's say you have two women you want to use instead of a man and a woman.  One does have to be Catholic and will be the official godparent and the other would be a witness.

    Just wanted to share in case that can help someone out there! 

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  • kaceandpointkaceandpoint
    We're Catholics as well, but our church only requires one confirmed person. What were doing is having my brother and my cousin be godparents. Our family never does couples, I don't know why though. 
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    We're having my sister and brother in law.  In my church, one has to be Catholic and one Christian.  You can have one or two godparents.  Each church might have a little different requirements.
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