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<ownershipDocument>

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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-01-14</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001604821</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Natera, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NTRA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001857843</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>RABINOWITZ DANIEL</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O NATERA, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>13011 MCCALLEN PASS BUILDING A SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AUSTIN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>78753</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SEC. AND CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>1</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-01-14</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>37248</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>245849</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On January 27, 2023, the Reporting Person was granted a performance-based Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) award which vests in tranches upon the achievement of milestones relating to a combination of the passage of time and certain business performance criteria. On January 14, 2026, the performance threshold with respect to one milestone under the RSUs was certified, resulting in the vesting of 37,248 shares of Common Stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Tami Chen, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
