Godparents

I was talking to Marie's brother, Charles this morning and asked him some questions about Marie's life that I wasn't familiar with.
He was telling me that Marie is his godmother. What? I am not Catholic or Lutheran so I know some about godparents, but not a lot. He also said that his brother George was his godfather. I told him I didn't know that brothers or sisters could be godparents. He just chuckled and said, "well they were running out of relatives for godparents, so they had to choose their own children.
I love his sense of humor.
He said that godparents are essentially guardians if the parents are deceased. That I knew, but I also find that godparents I know send their godchild gifts at Christmas and birthdays etc.
 It seems that Marie has forgotten these things, but I think it would be wonderful for any of you to tell us if she was a godparent to you or someone that you know.
If any of you have a godparent certificate I would love to put it on this blog.
Marie tried to answer questions today, but just shook her head over the godparent question.
She shrugged her shoulders of course, but was not upset about it.