Another example shows that, as in the case of the Aizu-Matsudaiara family and the Takatsukasa-Matsudaira family, some families which should have been classified as fudai daimyo could irregularly be classified as shinpan because of being the TOKUGAWA's blood relatives.
一方、会津松平家や鷹司松平家のように譜代大名に定義されるべき家柄であっても、徳川家との血縁を考慮されて親藩となることもある。