A common tradition in my family is regarding the 1st &
2nd children of a couple. The first born's godparents are often the
maternal grandparents. The 2nd born's godparents are often the paternal
grandparents. I see this quite often in my family research. There
are variations when a grandparent is deseased. Being that my father's
mother has already passed away when the second child was born, my parents
substituted my mother's grandmother. Therefore my brother's godparents
were his paternal grandfather, and his maternal G
Grandmother.
The other children were a free-for-all. Only
two out of six have baptismal godparents that are not
relatives.
My father felt slighted when my oldest sister who had the
first grandchild didn't follow this tradition. She chose a sister and her
husband's buddy. Then she got chewed out for selecting a non-married
couple!
Traditions...traditions....
Irma G.L. (Northern Calif.)