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
- Lillian Elizabeth Rice, his paternal grandmother
- 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
- Kristianne Gates Blake, his older sister
- Mimi Gardner Gates, second wife of William, Sr.
- Mary Maxwell Gates, his mother
- Adelle Thompson, his maternal grandmother
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