My grandfather used to tell me stories of when "he was a little girl". I was quite mystified as to how one changed sex in childhood. I wondered if I would turn into a boy, eventually. It seems this was a popular family joke, as my great-grandfather had told the same story to my dad!
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- my grandfather told me that soy sauce was bug juice.Anon
- When I was small my Grandfather told me that the reason I had freckles was from throwing pebbles in the sewer!— All Grown Up Now!
- When i was little, i thought Santa Claus was my grandfather— Junie
- I used to belive that sometimes my grandfather drew the clouds for me. Anon
- I used to believe that if I poked my grandfather in the belly-button he would spit out quarters. — Justin