Even though an illegitimate line within the Uesugi family, descendants included Sadayori UESUGI, who served as acting head of the Ogigayatsu-Uesugi family at one point and, because he was valued by Mochiuji ASHIKAGA, became Shugo of Awa Province.
上杉家では庶流筋であるが、子孫としては上杉定頼がおり、彼は一時扇谷上杉家の家督代行を務め、足利持氏に重用され安房国の守護となっている。