After FUJIWARA no Kamatari was granted the kabane (hereditary title) Fujiwara, his son FUJIWARA no Fuhito was still young and therefore Kamatari's nephew, who is also said to have been his son-in-law, NAKATOMI no Omimaro temporarily inherited the kabane Fujiwara.
藤原鎌足が藤原姓を賜った後、その子藤原不比等が幼かったため、鎌足の甥で婿養子とも言われる中臣意美麻呂が暫定的に藤原氏を継いだ。