I used to believe that all of your aunts were your mother's sisters and all of your uncles's were your father's brothers. This was because my mom had 3 sisters & no brothers, and my dad had 2 brothers and no sisters. I remember being very confused at 5 years old when I was told that the man my Aunt Nancy was marrying would be my Uncle Shane. I couldn't figure out how he could become my father's brother.

shelly

When I was like 5 my parents told me that they picked me up off the side of the road. They also told my sister that they found her in a dumpster. when my cousin asked how he was born my mom told him that his mom found him at a pound he's 6 he was 4 when he asked and he doesnt beleavee it any more

Brittany

Both of my parents fathers died long before I was born. I grew up thinking that grandfathers were these really cool old men who went on adventures. For some reason, I would tell stories to my family of "When I was a grandfather".

I guess I was just trying to fit in... all my friends had grandfathers.

Kyle

I used to be terrified of my great grandmother and wouldn't let her go anywhere near me! I was totally convinced that rather than just having wrinkley flappy skin around her neck as many old women do, she actually had a hole in her neck!

Sophie

When I was little a lot of the african-american people I knew would always say they were cousins. So I used to believe that ALL african americans were realted to each other.

Michelle

I used to believe that every dad has moustaches! If someone has not, he just must haven't children. I believed only in cartoons can be fathers without moustaches. Really! (I don't know why)

Mr Wodzionka

I used to believe that to adopt someone you just had to call a telephone number and they would send you a child in a box in the post.

Anon

For a short time when I was younger, I don't know exactly how old but probably about six, I was absolutely convinced I had an uncle Frank. Now in actual fact I haven't, so when I went up to my mum and insisted that he existed, she was somewhat bemused...I think it was because I'd read a book which I liked very much, with a character in it who had an Uncle Frank. I obviously identified with this character and got wrapped up in the story so much I got it confused with reality!

Emma W

I used to believe (and still do somewhere deep down!) that I was born an identical twin and that my twin is out there somewhere. I even theorised that maybe i was a twin but that the twin died in early pregnancy!! It was such a strong feeling that even now at 18 i still feel it and i occasionally bug my mom to ask if she ever had my twin and never told me!! (her answer is always no but i dont always believer her depending on what kind of day ive had and how stubborn i want to be!!) Ive finally settled on the idea its cause im a gemini and that they say geminis go through life looking for the yin to their yang only to find it within themselves. ive had to settle with this to save me from the looney bin but who knows maybe my identical twin is out their somewhere...........

FunkyCherry

When I was little and my mum and dad went out they would always say they were going to see a man about a dog - I upset every time because we never ever got a dog and I wanted one so badly.

Hilary

When I was a little girl my grandad used to say 'I was a little girl when I was your age.' I believed him for years and was quite disappointed when my Mum told me it was not true. I wanted to grow a beard!

Fly

Until my little sister was about 10, she thought that if a black person and a white person had a baby, the baby would be asian.

Jen, MI, USA

At the age of around five, I realized that my mum's and dad's names were not mum and dad!

yelloworpurple

When I was 10 my mom always talked about how much better than I was at my brother's age than he was. I thought parents got 1 good kid and 1 bad kid. Luckily, I was the good kid.

Meepers

Once when i was little my sister came home and started yelling angrily that some kid liked her. Tihs gave me the idea that it was bad to be liked so when i got a present i liked i wopuld enthusiasticlasyy say i dont like it and when saying goodnight to my mom i would say I hate you a an affectionate voice. this caused a lot of confusion.

Danielle

when my brother was about 4 or 5, we convinced him that we had found him in the trash can behind the circle k. we gave him full details of the day we found him but told him we loved him anyway. after about a year, he just "accepted the facts" and started telling people about the day we found him behind cirkle k, but that it was okay with him because we loved him anyway.

Anon

When I was really little my parents went on holiday and my nan came to look after me. I'd never been around her without my parents around, and was worried because I thought she'd turn into some kind of wicked witch grandma, obviously some kind of amalgam from different fairy tales. The week leading up to it was torture. I'm glad to report we had a great time, although maybe it just seemed that way because I was so relieved not to have ended up in her cooking pot...

Charlytune

I used to believe my my Grandma was 30 when my dad was 35...lol.

Bev