Strictly speaking, male descendants who were born after their parents left the Imperial Family, should have been called 'male descendants of the former Imperial Family,' since they were not included as Imperial Family members in the past, however they were generally called as a whole, 'the former Imperial Family.'
離脱後に生まれた男系子孫については、過去に皇族であったことがないため「旧皇族の男系子孫」と呼ぶのが正確であるが、一般には彼らをも一括して「旧皇族」と呼んでいる。