Who Comes First, Aunts or Uncles?

When I was growing up when we referred to aunts and uncles, sometimes we named the aunt first, but sometimes it was the uncle. Why was that?

From my parents' siblings we had these at family gatherings:

Aunt Vida and Uncle Fred (Johnson)

Aunt Buena and Uncle Walt (Severy)

Uncle Jerry and Aunt Ruth (Falk)

Aunt Violet and Uncle Mel (Moorehead)

Aunt Erma and Uncle Adolph (Grinde

From my grandparents' siblings we talked about:

Uncle Arthur and Aunt Della (Albertson)

Uncle Ernest and Aunt Ollie (Albertson)

Aunt Lake and Uncle Joe (Elliott)

Aunt Celia and Uncle Clarence (Pettibone)

Uncle Marvin and Aunt Evelyn (Smalley)

Aunt Julia and Uncle Roy (Everett)

Uncle Spike and Aunt Ruby (Smalley)

Uncle Roy and Aunt Grace (Bond)

In all these cases it was the sibling of parents and grandparents who was named first. I wonder if this is the same in other families.

Starting new year

It is now 2012. I just updated my genealogy website www.joanneskelton.com. I added a photo to the main page showing an England family reunion in 1929. I found this photo in some pictures which had belonged to my Grandmother Falk.  Her grandmother was an England.

In December of 2011, two relatives died, a 2nd cousin, Phyllis Falk Hart (http://www.joanneskelton.com/p1931.htm) and my aunt, Violet Falk Moorehead (http://www.joanneskelton.com/p48.htm )
I was able to make some new acquaintances of my family members and also renew some old ones.

Now I'm looking forward to a new year of more genealogy research.