The Minamoto family lineages that arose from successive emperors such as Saga Genji, Daigo Genji, Seiwa Genji, Uda Genji, Murakami Genji and so on, can be greatly divided according to their distant ancestral emperors.
歴代天皇がそれぞれ輩出した、嵯峨源氏、醍醐源氏、清和源氏、宇多源氏、村上源氏など遠祖たる天皇により源氏の系統が大きく分かれる。