It is particularly true in urban areas that a new resident of a house will inherit the yashiki-gami, so it therefore cannot be unconditionally claimed that yashiki-gami are ancestor gods.
特に都市部における屋敷神は、屋敷の居住者が変わっても祭祀を受け継ぐことも有り、一概には祖先神だとは言えない。