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Originally Posted by Marion

In a family like the Sumaderas if this was true then Kyrie wouldn't even be considered a candidate for the head, because she wasn't born from the current head (her mother).

The head was just a figurehead, just like Kinzo was chosen to be the head of Ushiromiya because he did not belong to any faction, Kyrie was chosen to be the family head initially because she belonged to a powerless faction (as his father was said to be powerless and her biological mother just ran away, so she was living under the mercy of Sumadera family). Just like Kinzo, it was her ability that Kyrie proved that she was extraordinary as a family head.

Kyrie's departure caused Kasumi to bear the name of family head, but you realized that Kasumi was just under the order of her mom (in my theory a different person and not Kyrie's mother)

In case anyone still does not understand what I say:

Kyrie's father + initial wife, 1952 Beatrice (who ran away to Kinzo) --> Kyrie + Rudolf --> Battler & Ange

Kyrie's father + latter wife, Kasumi's mother --> Kasumi