Board Thread:Boruto Discussions/@comment-30965052-20170128171940/@comment-3568954-20170610030452

UltimaDude wrote: @Actionmanrandell Being a direct descendant means that you were born within a couple of generations after your blood predecessor (a.k.a parents, uncles/aunts, and grandparents). Naruto and Hinata are distant descendants of Hagoromo and Hinata, meaning that many, even countless, generations have passed

no thats 100% wrong In genealogy the term direct line refers to a relationship of one person to another in a direct line. A direct-line ancestor is someone from whom you descend in a direct line, parent to child, grandparent, great-grandparent, etc. Direct-line research refers to genealogy research focused on one's direct-line ancestors. hagoromo spawned indra and asura, who spawned so and so and so and so, who spawned so and so and so and so etc etc all the way down in a direct line to sasuke and naruto, making naruto and sasuke direct decendants to hagoromo, the same thing for hamura, hamura spawned so and so and so and so and so and so and so all the way down in a direct line to hinata, making hinata his direct decendant FACT

an example of an indrect decendant would be someone who is related to the ancestor indrectly such as being a decendant of said person's cousin or by marriage, two examples of this would be Hinata and Sakura. Hinata is a DIRECT decendant of hamura who was the twin brother of hagoromo making hinata a indirect decendant of Hagoromo-as an ancestor doesn't imply that you are the child of the child of etc etc it just means you have a familial relationship, as for sakura she is married to sasuke and therfore an indirect decendant by marriage.