At the beginning, Sanetomi who succeeded to the Sanjo family decided to make Kinkyo, his older brother Kimmutsu's son, succeed to the Sanjo family, however, Kinkyo was a person of loose morals, therefore, Sanetomi disinherited Kinkyo and made his biological child Kinyoshi SANJO (三条公美) succeed to the Sanjo family.
なお、三条家を相続した実美は当初、兄公睦の子の公恭を継嗣としていたが、公恭の素行が悪かったため、これを廃嫡して実子の三条公美に三条家を相続させることにした。