{"id":599076,"date":"2021-07-21T14:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T18:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=599076"},"modified":"2021-07-21T14:05:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T18:05:29","slug":"fact-check-is-bill-gates-the-grandson-of-rockefeller-foundation-co-founder-frederick-taylor-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-is-bill-gates-the-grandson-of-rockefeller-foundation-co-founder-frederick-taylor-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Is Bill Gates The Grandson Of Rockefeller Foundation Co-Founder Frederick Taylor Gates?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-is-bill-gates-the-grandson-of-rockefeller-foundation-co-founder-frederick-taylor-gates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=599076&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021-05-17T000000Z_200383685_RC2NHN9EKT6P_RTRMADP_3_MICROSOFT-GATES-scaled-e1626744157530.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/miguel.cuervo.5249\/posts\/188296246565526\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller\u2019s advisor Frederick Taylor Gates.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bill Gates is not Frederick Taylor Gates\u2019 grandson.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image shows what appears to be a screen grab of Frederick Taylor Gates\u2019 Wikipedia entry displayed on Google. Green text added to the screen grab claims he is Bill Gates\u2019 grandfather.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Frederick-T-Gates\">Frederick Taylor Gates<\/a> managed Rockefeller\u2019s charitable activities and was instrumental in the founding of the philanthropic Rockefeller Foundation, serving on its board of trustees until 1923, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/rockfound.rockarch.org\/biographical\/-\/asset_publisher\/6ygcKECNI1nb\/content\/frederick-t-gates?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Rockefeller Archive Center<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/05\/13\/fact-check-image-bill-gates-anthony-fauci-violating-social-distancing-guidelines-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Have Bill Gates, Anthony Fauci, The WHO And Others Been Charged With War Crimes?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite sharing a surname with Frederick Taylor Gates, Bill Gates is not his grandson. Bill Gates\u2019 father and mother were Bill Gates Sr. and Mary Maxwell, who died in 2020 and 1994 respectively, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/bill-gates-sr-father-microsoft-co-founder-dies-94-n1240189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>. Bill Gates Sr., also known as William H. Gates II, was born in 1925 to furniture store owners in Washington state, ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/wireStory\/bill-gates-sr-father-microsoft-founder-dies-94-73033685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesmachine.nytimes.com\/timesmachine\/1929\/02\/07\/95877097.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&amp;ip=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frederick Taylor Gates<\/a> died in 1929, while his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/timesmachine.nytimes.com\/timesmachine\/1934\/04\/07\/93757961.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emma Cahoon Gates<\/a> lived until 1934, The New York Times reported. They had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/35101532\/frederick-taylor-gates\">seven children<\/a>, according to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/Chapters_in_My_Life\/1Yu5AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">autobiography<\/a> \u201cChapters in My Life,\u201d none of whom were named William or Mary.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=frederick+taylor+gates+Bill+Gates+grandfather&amp;source=lnms&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjr2MuDw_TxAhXAFFkFHYujBjoQ_AUoAHoECAcQAg&amp;biw=1440&amp;bih=717&amp;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">internet search<\/a> by Check Your Fact found no credible media report of Frederick Taylor Gates being Bill Gates\u2019 grandfather. Bill Gates hasn\u2019t mentioned Frederick Taylor Gates in any entry of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/Search?search=%22Frederick%20Taylor%20Gates%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personal blog<\/a> either.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation collaborated in 2006 to create the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), an initiative to lessen poverty in the continent through agricultural investment, according to The Rockefeller Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockefellerfoundation.org\/initiative\/alliance-for-a-green-revolution-in-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller\u2019s advisor Frederick Taylor Gates.Verdict: False Bill Gates is not Frederick Taylor &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}