Because of that, he adopted Ietsugu SHO, Yoriie's younger brother, but eventually, the successor of the SHO family became Tokiie HONJO, who was Ietsugu's younger brother (Later, Ietsugu's family became Bicchu-Sho clan).
そこで頼家の弟である庄家次を養子にむかえるが、結局、そのまた弟の本庄時家が児玉の庄氏を継ぐ事となる（家次の一族は、その後、備中庄氏となる）。