Kobetsu Sekke has a higher degree of kinship to the present Imperial Family than so-called "the former imperial family" of Fushimi no miya lineage, which branched out in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts.
彼らは、南北朝時代(日本)に分岐した伏見宮系のいわゆる「旧皇族」よりも現皇室に親等が近い。