That is not his ancestor xD tanjiros family learned the first breath from them but they aren’t related. Moon 1 was the ancestor of the mist pillar
But technically the guys brother was Tanjirou's great great something grandpa which makes him the ancestor right?? Idk anymore, I suck at figuring out this kind of stuff
no, upper moon 1 (kokushibo/michikatsu tsugikuni) had kids while he was stilla human and is directly blood related to the mist pillar (muichirou tokito) while the brother of upper moon 1 (yoriichi tsugikuni) met and became friends with tanjirou's ancestor (sumiyoshi) who was just a coal salesman like tanjirou at the beginning of the story. The brother must have never had any kids and decided to pass down his earrings and techniques to the kamado family because he trusted sumiyoshi.
Ohhh, I get it now. Thx for the explanation :)
glad it helped! :)
actually, re-reading chap. 99, sumiyoshi explicitly states yoriichi has no kids, while you can see sumiyoshi has both a wife and a newborn child. and sumiyoshi asks yoriichi to tell him his story. yoriichi doesn't at that moment, but he must have later came back to do so because the kamado family has passed down both the earrings and techniques for generations all the way down to tanjirou.
so really, you could almost say it was all because sumiyoshi planted the idea into yoriichi's head that they were the chosen successors of the breath of the sun, because he seems to not really view himself as special or worthy and doesn't seem to think having a particular successor is important either, which must have been why he didn't have any children of his own. in both chap. 99 and chap. 175 yoriichi states that they as wielders of the first breath aren't special, and that people who seek the same thing will always "find their way to the same place" as both their successors and people who will even surpass the first breath wielders. he uses the same wording both times, so i think its important to the story, but i'm not exactly sure what the "same place" means other than the demon slayer corps?
p.s. sorry this was so long!
I don't mind that it's long, I think your point of view is really interesting to be honest :)
thanks! ◕‿◕
I like your point of view
Damn,
I really wanted Tanjirou to meet his ancestor..(〜￣△￣)〜