Gates Family

The Gates family refers to the members of Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates' family and relatives who include:

  • William John Gates, his paternal great-grandfather
  • Rebecca Eppinhauser, his paternal great-grandmother
    • William Henry Gates I, his paternal grandfather
  • William H. Rice, his maternal great-grandfather
  • Isabella Thompson, his maternal great-grandmother
    • Lillian Elizabeth Rice, his paternal grandmother
      • William Henry Gates, Sr., his father
  • James Willard Maxwell, his maternal great-grandfather
  • Belle Oakley, his maternal great-grandmother
    • James W. Maxwell, his maternal grandfather
  • William J. Thompson, his maternal great-grandfather, Adelle Thompson's father
  • Ida Medcalf, his maternal great-grandmother, Adelle Thompson's mother
    • Adelle Thompson, his maternal grandmother
      • Mary Maxwell Gates, his mother
        • Kristianne Gates Blake, his older sister
          • Kerry Adelle Blake, his niece
          • Sullivan Michael Blake, his nephew
        • Libby Gates Armintrout, his younger sister
          • Steve Max Armtrout, his nephew
          • Emily Frances Armintrout, his niece
        • William Henry Gates III, commonly known as Bill Gates
        • Melinda French Gates, his wife
          • Jennifer Katharine Gates, his daughter born in 1996
          • Rory John Gates, his son born in 1999
          • Phoebe Adelle Gates, his daughter born in 2002
      • Mimi Gardner Gates, second wife of William, Sr.

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