This happened to my ex husband. After my grandmother, whom we called Nana, died, my ex husband told me that he believed her name was Nana, and was shocked to hear that it was Elsie Mae.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g
- My Nana told me that moths lay eggs in your hair. I still hate moths to this day.— Paula
- My husband used to believe that kindergarten was called, "kiddie garden." — wife of mispronouncing guy
- my husband believed, until recently, that the word "several" meant seven of something. — sheryl
- My auntie was told by her husband that glacia cherries were made of seaweed, she wouldnt eat them for years. — emma
- When I was three I used to believe that cow and horse are wife and husband.— xenia