Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-30913149-20170625232913/@comment-734582-20170626141305

The Wikia Editor wrote: To be fair, if they were more distantly related to the Senju, such as by being descended from Hamura, no one would remember that. The fact that they are explicitly stated to be distantly related to the Senju suggests that their kinship is still traceable, in a way that both clans could confirm it. 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.

The Wikia Editor wrote: Was it ever really clarified what "chose" means? Perhaps he meant that Asura's chakra could have chosen another descendant from Naruto and Sasuke's generation, like Karin or something. 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.