It is an irony that since TACHIBANA no Kachiko, a daughter of TACHIBANA no Kiyotomo who was a son of Naramaro, was born after Naramaro's death and became the empress of Emperor Saga and delivered Emperor Ninmyo later, he was posthumously conferred the position of Daijo-daijin (Grand minister of state) which his political enemy Nakamaro lost by rising a betrayal in 847.
皮肉なことに、奈良麻呂の死後に生まれた息子・橘清友の娘・橘嘉智子が嵯峨天皇の妃となって後の仁明天皇を生んだことから、承和(日本)14年（847年）に政敵・仲麻呂が後に謀反を起こして失うこととなった太政大臣の位を贈られている。