Since the seventh, Nobunao ODA succeeded as an adopted son, however, Nobushige is a descendent of Takanaga, the fifth son of Nobukatsu, and the second son of Nobunaga in the lineage.
ただし7代織田信直が養子相続のため血筋の上では信長の次男・信雄の五男・高長の子孫となる。