Kamatari's other sons succeeded the NAKATOMI clan, an original family name of Kamatari, and were assigned to religious service as Jingikan (an officer of the institution for dedicating to religious ceremony), treated quite differently from Fuhito.
不比等以外の鎌足の子は、鎌足の元の姓である中臣氏とされ、神祇官として祭祀のみを担当することと明確に分けられた。