Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-32369776-20170708034118/@comment-734582-20170710195804

UltimaDude wrote: But it's been known throughout shinobi history that the Senjus and Uzumakis are distantly related. I know, and i'm not denying that. But suggesting that Naruto and Kushina are Senju-related characters in order to prove that Senju weren't influential comes across as extremely weird, since not only did the entire village accept the Senju Ideology, the entire world copied a Senju's ideas. Furthermore, Naruto and Kushina are Uzumaki first and foremost.

Plus, since we don't know how distant that relation is, it's hard to tell exactly how strong that blood bond was. Worst case, it goes all the way back to Ashura's days, in which case claiming that Naruto is Senju-related is equivalent to claiming Hashirama is otsutsuki-related. technically true, but also pretty meaningless in practical terms. The Senju-Uzumaki bond existed because of economic convenience and a long history of friendship. For all we know, they split off from Ashura's disciples 900 years ago and simply kept in contact regularly. Or they split off from the Senju 80 years (-ish) ago when the village was founded and they wanted to live somewhere else.