Gilbert Family

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## Family Heritage

### Species

* Human
* Witch
* Hybrid
* Tribrid
* Heretic
* Doppelgänger
* Spirit

### Notable Family Members

* Johnathan Gilbert † (Human)
* Christopher Gilbert † (Human)
* Samantha Gilbert † (Human)
* John Gilbert † (Human)
* Grayson Gilbert † (Human)
* Miranda Sommers-Gilbert † (Human)
* Elena Gilbert (Hybrid, Doppelgänger)
* Alex Gilbert  (Tribrid, Doppelgänger)
* Jeremy Gilbert (Supernatural Hunter)
* Ariana Gilbert  (Hybrid)
* Jack Mikaelson  (Tribrid)
* Hope Mikaelson  (Tribrid)
* Jax Salvatore  (Tribrid)
* Nina Salvatore  (Tribrid)
* Lily Salvatore  (Tribrid)
* Grayson Salvatore  (Tribrid)
* Sarah Salvatore  (Tribrid)
* Vivian Mikaelson (Hybrid)
* Vanessa Mikaelson (Hybrid)
* Adella Mikaelson  (Hybrid)
* Stefanie Salvatore  (Tribrid)
* Miranda Mikaelson  (Tribrid)
* Jenna Mikaelson  (Tribrid)
* Nik Mikaelson  (Tribrid)
* Daniella Mikaelson (Tribrid)

## Relationships

### Related Families

* Flemming Family
* Sommers Family
* Cortes Family
* Garcia Family
* Petrova Family
* Labonair Family
* Salvatore Family
* Lescheres Family
* Mikaelson Family
* Dahlia and Esther's Family Bloodline
* Ansel and Niklaus Mikaelson's Family Bloodline

## Affiliation

### Property

* Gilbert House
* Gilbert Family Lake House

### Loyalty

* Town Council

**The Gilbert Family** is one of the main Founding Families in *The Vampire Diaries*. They seem to be a fairly wealthy family, possessing a house, a small building, which was originally Grayson Gilbert's Office and a lake house. The Gilbert family has been linked to the **Lockwood**, **Salvatore**, **Forbes**, and **Fell Families** since the 1800's.

## Family Members

* **Johnathan Gilbert:** Johnathan lived in Mystic Falls in the year 1864 and was part of the Founders' Council. Johnathan wrote a number of stories in journals about his life, including the existence of vampires. His descendants Jeremy, John, Elena, and Alex have also read his journals. He had two rings made that would protect the wearer from death by the supernatural — although the rings won't work on the supernatural even if they are essentially human (doppelgängers) — and they were originally owned by John and Grayson Gilbert.
* **Johnathan Gilbert's Unnamed Son:** He was Johnathan's son. He was the father of Samantha Gilbert. Nothing is known about him or his character. He was a member of the Gilbert family.
* **Christopher Gilbert:** He is a member of the Gilbert family. Nothing is known about his character.
* **Samantha Gilbert:** Samantha was a young woman about 25 years old. She was smart and a beautiful brunette. She was one of the town's founding family members and appeared in flashbacks. She was killed by Damon Salvatore in 1912, but she wore a Gilbert Ring, so she was revived, but in 1922, she confessed committing a series of unsolved murders and was locked in an asylum, where she died while attempting to give herself a lobotomy and bled to death on the floor in her cell.
* **Grayson Gilbert:** Grayson was Jeremy's biological father, Elena and Alex's adoptive father and biological uncle. He was the doctor, who helped Isobel Flemming give birth. Later, he and his wife Miranda adopted the baby. He was involved in a car accident on May 23, 2009 and drowned after going over Wickery Bridge. He was a member of the town's council along with his wife Miranda.
* **Miranda Sommers-Gilbert:** Miranda was Jeremy's biological mother, Elena and Alex's adoptive mother and aunt by marriage. She drowned after going over Wickery Bridge along with her husband Grayson Gilbert on May 23, 2009. She was the older sister of Jenna Sommers and a resident of Mystic Falls, Virginia. She was a member of the town's council.
* **John Gilbert:** John is Elena and Alex's adoptive uncle, Jeremy's biological uncle, and Elena and Alex's biological father. In his teenage years, John learned about the vampires that had once threatened Mystic Falls from his brother, Grayson, whom he held in high regard and looked up to greatly. Later on, in his teen years, he met and fell in love with Isobel Flemming. Isobel told John that she was pregnant and John brought her to his brother, Grayson, who was a doctor, so that she could give birth to her daughters, Elena and Alex. Isobel left Elena and Alex in the good hands of Grayson and his wife Miranda, who didn't know that John was actually Elena and Alex's biological father.
* **Elena Gilbert:** Elena was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Elena was adopted by Grayson Gilbert, her biological uncle and his wife Miranda, her adoptive mother and aunt by marriage. Aunt Jenna, who is her, Alex, and Jeremy's legal guardian. Her actual mother is Isobel Flemming, who was a descendant of the Petrova bloodline, including Katerina Petrova and Tatia. She is the daughter of John Gilbert, Grayson's younger brother. Like the rest of the Gilberts, Elena is also a descendant of Johnathan Gilbert and Samantha Gilbert.
* **Alex Gilbert:** Alex was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Alex was adopted by Grayson Gilbert, her biological uncle and his wife Miranda, her adoptive mother and aunt by marriage. Aunt Jenna, who is her, Elena, and Jeremy's legal guardian. Her actual mother is Isobel Flemming, who was a descendant of the Petrova bloodline, including Katerina Petrova and Tatia. She is the daughter of John Gilbert, Grayson's younger brother. Like the rest of the Gilberts, Alex is also a descendant of Johnathan Gilbert and Samantha Gilbert.
* **Jeremy Gilbert:** Jeremy is a human who lives in Mystic Falls with his older adoptive sisters and biological cousins, Elena and Alex. He is the biological son of Grayson and Miranda Gilbert and the biological nephew of Jenna Sommers and John Gilbert. Like the rest of the Gilberts, Jeremy is also a descendant of Johnathan Gilbert and Samantha Gilbert.
* **Ariana Gilbert:** Ariana is a witch who lives in Mystic Falls with her older sisters, Elena and Alex and her cousin, Jeremy Gilbert. She is the biological daughter to John Gilbert and Helena Garcia. Like the rest of the Gilberts, Ariana is also a descendant of Johnathan Gilbert and Samantha Gilbert.
* **Jack Mikaelson:**
* **Hope Mikaelson:**
* **Jax Salvatore:**
* **Nina Salvatore:**
* **Lily Salvatore:**
* **Grayson Salvatore:**
* **Sarah Salvatore:**
* **Adella Mikaelson:**
* **Vivian Mikaelson:**
* **Vanessa Mikaelson:**
* **Stefanie Salvatore:**
* **Miranda Mikaelson:**
* **Jenna Mikaelson:**
* **Nik Mikaelson:**

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## Name

* **Gilbert** is a name of Norman-French origin, itself from Germanic *Gisilberht* or *Gisalberht*. Original spellings included *Gislebert, Guilbert* and *Gilebert*. The first element, Gil-, comes from Germanic *gīsil*, meaning "shaft of an arrow" or *gisal* "pledge, hostage", while the second element, *-bert* comes from Germanic *-behrt*, short form of *beraht*, meaning "bright" or "famous".
* Other spellings and variations of the name Gilbert include Gib, Gibb, Gil, Gilberto, Gilburt, Giselbert, Giselberto, Giselbertus, Guilbert, Gilbirt, Gilbyrt, Gilbart, Gilibeirt, Giliburt, Gilibert, Gilibirt, Gilleabart, Guilbert, Guilbirt, Guilburt.