Dawn, Thanks for the answer. I thought that it might mean grandpa or grandma. My Welsh grandmother told me that granddad and grandmother were Dad-key or Dad-gee and Mom-key or Mom-gee. I don't know the correct spelling but that is what it sounded like to me as a young person. But she didn't want me to call her that. She always said this it the "new country." we are not in the "old country." I believe that she told me that as a school girl in Wales (1880's and 1890's), she was not permitted to speak Welsh in school. She was fluent in Welsh and English. She always said that she wasn't fluent in Welsh but the minute that one of her sisters or Welsh speaking friends called her on the phone, she spoke only Welsh! I think it was a way to keep little ears from ease dropping!!!! Thanks, Janet ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.