Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-30913149-20170625232913/@comment-2112031-20170626155647

Thekillman wrote: The thing is, it's not mutually exclusive. The Uzumaki could be descendant from Hagoromo, Hamura, both. They could be from Ashura's side or Indra's side or both. We don't know. What we do know is that they kept close ties with the Senju. What I meant was that Hagoromo's time was so long ago that no one even seemed to remember who Indra and Asura were, whereas the Senju and Uzumaki clans seem to have diverged much more recently, given how they emphasized their kinship.

Thekillman wrote: No, hence my quote marks. It's possible that the transmigrants could pick anyone, or it's possible that transmigration works better for people more closely related to Hagoromo. Good point. Although it does appear to be contained within their respective family lines, given that Black Zetsu mentioned trying to get several previous generations of transmigrants to unlock the Rinnegan, with Madara finally succeeding. It seems like the requires the mixing of Senju and Uchiha DNA, as well as Asura and Indra's chakras.