In March 2007, a group comprised of researchers from Chiba University, Shizuoka University and elsewhere announced that, based on the results of genetic analysis, Someiyoshino was likely to have been born by crossbreeding the Oshima cherry and Komatsuotome, which is a gardening type of Edohigan.
2007年3月、千葉大・静岡大などの研究グループが、遺伝子解析の結果、オオシマザクラとエドヒガンの園芸品種の一つであるコマツオトメの交配で生み出された可能性が高いと発表した