It is fairly common. I used to call people Aunt with no relation to me. 

Aunt yes ...........I did the same (I had hundreds) ...........but Nan's are sacred.

Maybe she just wants to? Nothing wrong with it IMHO. I know a few people who refer to people they are in no way related to by blood as 'Mum' or 'Nan' - solely because they have been there for that person and that is how they see them.

The Stacey Nan has confused me too..

god my head is all in a tizz now......
who are Jeans parents???  who are Jeans husbands parents????  (thats as far as I can go lol)   I think that I have worked out that Charlie was the husband of one of Big Mo's daughters.... thats about it

Really? Fair enough but ..........I'd never do that and TBH - if my kids or grand children ever called anyone else Mum or Nan - I'd be gutted ...................Mums and Nans are special - IMO the term shouldn't be abused.

Saying that - I guess there are people who don't have special people in their lives and therefore bestow it as an honour. In the case of East Enders ..............I think it's poor script writing - they simply don't know who's who IMO.

Sorry if this is hijacking, but what do you all think of Lucas?

I almost feel bad for saying that I can't help but like him. I'm not a religious person but I just really enjoy watching him.

I've been a longt time fan of Don Gilett the actor who plays Lucas. Seen him in loads of various roles over the years, he's a mighty fine actor, very easy on the eye too.

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooh NO WAY ..................sorry but he seriously creeps me out!

Shows he's a good actor...Lucas the character is very sinister.

A bloody good actor .........................he gives me the creeps. Haven't seen him in anything else TBH.

And his brother was Staceys dad. Therefore Mo .......is no blood relation to Stacey.

agree with Sooz over the auntie/nanny tag - I would be very insulted too!!!

As for Don Gillet - saw him on the 5 o'clock show 2nite - and saw him with Paul O'Grady a few months back - what a lovely lovely man - he's playing the part well indeed - he looks SO different as Lucas - taller, leaner, meaner, but the bloke PLAYING Lucas is well.... Don.... a very very amiable chap

Sure bloody!

Off the subject, did anyone see the new Daz advert (in the Cleaner Close series of ads) with Leomard Fenton (Dr Legg) playing the doctor? It was on last night.

EastEnders have never made anything clear...I still have no idea how closely related Billy is to the rest of the Mitchells.

I saw it a few days ago...it's quite funny that series of ads 

Wasn't billy Jamie's uncle?

Remember when Billy 1st came into EE - he was nasty and horrid to Jamie beating him up etc, etc and now he's the square buffoon! No continuity

Re the opening post, Nan can mean the woman who has looked after you, besides meaning grandmother. When Stacey first came to the Square, she had been thrown out by her mother and had moved in with Charlie and Mo who looked after her in the early days. So calling Mo Nan would be OK.

I too have an EE Question:

How many effing bedrooms are there in Pat's gaff?

Must be like the Tardis in there

 There are about 15-20 at Pat's at any given time.

Oh and I call my mother-in-law and all my mum's sisters 'Mum' to their faces, when I'm talking of them I distinguish them from my own birth mother. I don't have any Nanas left so I call my husband's granny Nana. She's 93 and fabulous 

They'll be needed later this year when the Vic is burned down for the survivors (if any).

The Slater's must be pretty well packed out as well

About the Nan thing....never knew either of my grandparents, but always called the OH's grandma *nana*...courtesy and respect to the elderly and she was a lovely woman.

If I remember rightly Phill and Billy are second cousins. That means they're grandfathers were brothers.

Oh! and Lucas.....phwoarr! but EEEK!

..other irritations...

...would anybody really be as nasty as Janine Butcher?

Even when Stacy and Bradley were 'loved up' they were never happy...why can't they show people being happy instead of just miserable and grumpy and troubled....

...is there only one Detective in the whole of East London, as everytime there's a crime, the same person shows up....

..how does Stacey manage to sell any of the carp she has on that stall..

Peggy Mitchell....GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

...and finally, Becca...why? What is the point of her.....