The understanding that yashiki-gami, agriculture gods and ancestor gods are related comes from the fact that there are areas in which the enshrined deity is clearly known to be an ancestor god as well as cases in which the yashiki-gami is identified as having characteristics in common with agriculture or ancestor gods.
明確に祭神を祖先神だと認識した上で祀っているとしているところもあり、また農耕神も祖先神の性格を持っていることが指摘されており、屋敷神・農耕神・祖先神の三者は関わりがあることが分かっている。