His brothers were: Jiro Senjo (二郎先生) MINAMOTO no Shigetada, Yamada Senjo (山田先生) MINAMOTO no Shigetada who served as Chikugo no kuni no Kami (Governor of Chikugo Province), and Urano Shiro MINAMOTO no Shigetoo who married into the family of Shoshiinoge (Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North) MINAMOTO no Yoshiie and became Shinano no kuni no Kami (the Governor of Shinano Province).
兄弟に二郎先生源重忠、筑後国守であった山田先生源重貞、正四位下鎮守府将軍源義家の婿で信濃国守であった浦野四郎源重遠らがいる。