Faith influences parents’ choice for godparents

New research on how we choose godparents for our children has found that, in many cases, it is the siblings of parents that get picked.

It showed godmothers are better than godfathers at staying in regular contact with the child, and that securing a school place for children is not as big a factor in having a child baptised as is often portrayed.

The study analyses the choices made by 695 respondents to a questionnaire on the issue of choosing godparents. It found that the main drivers in selecting a godparent involved religious faith and wanting their child to enter into a particular faith tradition.