Besides court noble families, various samurai families in turn descended from the descendants of the Fujiwara clan, including the Utsunomiya clan group, which descended from FUJIWARA no Michikane of the Northern House, the Nasu clan group, which descended from FUJIWARA no Nagaie of the Northern House, and FUJIWARA no Toshihito and FUJIWARA no Hidesato, who descended from FUJIWARA no Uona, the son of FUJIWARA no Fusasaki of the Northern House.
公家の他に、北家の藤原道兼の子孫の宇都宮氏流や、同じく北家の藤原長家の子孫の那須氏流、同じく北家の藤原房前の子の藤原魚名の子孫の藤原利仁、藤原秀郷からは、多くの武家も輩出した。