Munetake and Munetada were not adopted and established the Tayasu-Tokugawa family and Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family respectively as bekke (branch families) (ryokyo [two privileged branches of the Tokugawa family]), while remaining within Edo-jo Castle as dependents (following the death of Yoshimune, the Shimizu-Tokugawa family was established, which formed the gosankyo [three privileged branches of Tokugawa family]).
宗武、宗尹は養子には出さず、部屋住みのような形で江戸城内にとどめたまま別家に取り立て、田安徳川家、一橋徳川家（両卿）が創設された（吉宗の死後に清水徳川家が創設されて御三卿となった）。