She had a younger real brother MINAMOTO no Yukiie (also called MINAMOTO no Yoshimori), who, in Jisho-Juei War, visited on foot the members of the Minamoto clan scattered nationwide, and transmitted the Prince Mochihito's order to overthrow the Taira clan.
治承・寿永の乱の際に反平氏をよびかける以仁王の令旨を諸国の源氏に伝え歩いた源行家（源義盛）は同母弟。