For example, Kinto TOKUDAIJI, the father of the family head (two generations ago) Tomoito SUMITOMO, Duke Kinmochi SAIONJI and Duke Sanetsune TOKUDAIJI, who was the former grand chamberlain, was adopted from the Takatsukasa Family by the Tokudaiji Family.
例えば、先々代の住友友純や西園寺公望公爵、そして元侍従長の徳大寺実則公爵などの父親である徳大寺公純は、もともと鷹司家から徳大寺家へ養子入りした人である。