Some people assert that he was a cousin (brother in law) of Ringoro YAMAZAKI (Shinjiro HAYASHI), a member of Shinsengumi, and that he should have a wife based on the family tree of Ringoro's family, but it is not certain whether he actually had a blood relation with Ringoro in the first place.
新選組隊士の山崎林五郎（林新次郎）の従兄弟（義兄弟）で、林五郎の実家の家系図により、妻が居たとの話もあるが、そもそも林五郎と本当に血縁関係があったのかどうかも証明されておらず定かではない。