Aunty Mary

keen

Yup, nearly 70% now.

danniemcq

robinph wrote: »

No Marys in my family, but then I'm not Irish.

I voted anyway just to screw up the statistics in the poll a bit though.

you bastard

WindSock

Yes, my Mams Sister :pac:

Jello

Yep, I do. Poll now over 70%!

kelle

Well, i did, but she was aunty Máire and she died in 1994

ateam

Everyone has an Auntie Ann and Uncle John!

Jello

ateam wrote: »

Everyone has an Auntie Ann and Uncle John!

I have neither.

Toto Wolfcastle

ateam wrote: »

Everyone has an Auntie Ann and Uncle John!

I have a mum Ann and an uncle John!

Schism

ateam wrote: »

Everyone has an Auntie Ann and Uncle John!

I don't but my cousins would since my dad is named John.

So many common names could be used here and it'd work, John, Patrick, Mary, Paul, James, Anne etc..

I'm going to call my first boy Caesar Botolf <my surname>.. He'll thank me in time

robinph

danniemcq wrote: »

you bastard

It was the lack of an option for those of us with an Aunty Jaguar that made me do it.

Gran Hermano

Lazare wrote: »

Why are so many 50+ Dublin women called Bernie? That's what I want to know.

Fatima or Lourdes had some kid called Bernadette who claimed she saw
the mother of jebus

rainbowtrout

no aunty marys, but I've got a dolores. who the fcuk calls a child dolores?

danniemcq

robinph wrote: »

It was the lack of an option for those of us with an Aunty Jaguar that made me do it.

lol must include that in next poll i make!

dh0661

No, I don't have an auntie Mary, but my mom is a Mary.

themadchef

Schism wrote: »

Have one of those too, what else you got for me?

Thats all my Aunts, how about uncles? Michael, John, Tony, Ted, Henry?? Bet you got a Michael and John flying around too

cormie

The percentages seem to be spot on at the moment anyway!

galwayrush

Yep
And my kids have 2

robinph

galwayrush wrote: »

Yep
And my kids have 2

Your parents were not being very inventive with the names if the had to name two of your sisters Mary.

cormie

Or his wife could have a sibling called Mary

rainbowtrout

robinph wrote: »

Your parents were not being very inventive with the names if the had to name two of your sisters Mary.

one from each side of the family perhaps?

She Devil

I've two auntie marys, one from each side, i think i read on the paper last week that years ago in Ireland it was only right for the eldest daughter to be called Mary, and apparently there have been a lot of influencial marys in irish history! So there ....
I'm the eldest but i'm not a Mary!!

dh0661

robinph wrote: »

Your parents were not being very inventive with the names if the had to name two of your sisters Mary.

One could be Mary Ann, and the other could be Mary Margaret ???

leninbenjamin

i have 4. it gets really, really confusing.

dh0661

leninbenjamin wrote: »

i have 4. it gets really, really confusing.

So what do you call them ? Mary 1, Mary 2, Mary 3, Mary 4 --- ?

cee_jay

I have 2 aunt Mary's - one on either side - both are the oldest girls in the families too.
Have an aunt Bernie and Ann - and my mum is Margaret - but there were 11 girls in that family so I am sure my poor grandmother was beginning to run out of names!
Have 2 uncle John's and Michael's too - on both sides as well!

leninbenjamin

dh0661 wrote: »

So what do you call them ? Mary 1, Mary 2, Mary 3, Mary 4 --- ?

now there's an idea!

ordinarily we use married names. but that makes things even more confusing because not everyone uses that, and 3 of them have the same married name. and some of the married names are the same as another's maiden name...

it's hilarious when they all meet together.

"howya Mary?"
"not too bad, Mary, and yourself?"
i'm good now, Mary, i'm good... and Mary how'ya keepin'?"

and on, and on, and on...

Bard

No, but again - my mother's name is Mary, and she's an Auntie Mary to quite a number of people (I've loads of cousins).

robinph

rainbowtrout wrote: »

one from each side of the family perhaps?

Nah, a coincidence like that could never happen with such a rare name as Mary.

Mint Sauce

i love my auntie mary, almost like a second mother

Mossy Monk

No Aunt Mary. I do have an Aunt Flo though.

GhostInTheRuins

I have 2 (3 if you count my uncles wife as an Aunt)

Fast_Mover

Nope, no Auntie Marys.

iFight

I have a Mammy Mary, but no aunty

dh0661

D.T. Jesus wrote: »

I have 2 (3 if you count my uncles wife as an Aunt)

I think that used to be the way years ago.
I know that my mom calls her uncles wife auntie Anne,
And my dad calls his aunts husband uncle Dennis.

Carol_1985

I've got 2 auntie Marys, my grandmothers MAry too. And its my middle name.

Tinytony

Yip I got one.

I was living with a group of lads before and 5 out of 6 us our mother was called mary.

(And no, I wasn't living at home at the time!)

_feedback_

I had an aunty Mary, she's dead... but i voted yes all the same!

_blank_

I have one.

I have an Aunt Bernie too.

I hate them both.

I have an Aunt Marie too (Mar-ee).

My only surviving grandparent is Mary.

Some of my uncles have Mary as their "second" name.

I have an Uncle Mick, Pat, Joe.

Nickibaby*

I have to aunts called Mary and my grandmother is Mary too

Redpunto

nope

scut

I have 3, 1 on each side and a grandaunt

philcsl

I have one too!!

After 239 people voting around 66% have an Aunty Mary so the stats on the radio show might be pretty close!!

s_carnage

I've no proper aunts at all but even through marraige none of them are called Mary.

azezil

2, and both happen to be the eldest daughter in each family.

mental07

I don't have an aunt Mary.

Anyone out there got a relation or two called Nancy???

Kurtosis

Not only do I have an Aunt Mary on both my mom and dad's side of the family, I also have an Uncle John on both as well. We always used to call my mom's aunt "Auntie Mary", the other two didn't get the full title.

50hertz

I have an aunt, mother and mother in law called Mary...I'm surrounded by them.

Carol_1985

mental07 wrote: »

I don't have an aunt Mary.

Anyone out there got a relation or two called Nancy???

I've got two aunts called Nancy

jebuz

65% so far, looks like they're tellin the truth captain

dh0661

50hertz wrote: »

I have an aunt, mother and mother in law called Mary...I'm surrounded by them.

I hope, ( for your own sake ), that you don't drink bloody Mary's :rolleyes: