Her father, YAMATO no Ototsugu, was a descendant of clans that had migrated from Kudara (Baekje; an ancient kingdom located in southwest Korea), and his kabane (hereditary title) is assumed to have been YAMATO no Fubito but this is not certain.
父の和乙継は百済系渡来人の子孫で、カバネ（かばね）は和史（やまとのふびと）と推定されているが明らかではない。