Editing Djedkare Isesi (section)

===Parents===
[[File:Isesi-ankh_closeup.jpg|thumb|upright|Isesi-ankh as depicted on his [[false door]] stela{{sfn|Mariette|1885|p=191}}]]

Djedkare's parentage is unknown; in particular his relation with his predecessors [[Menkauhor Kaiu]] and [[Nyuserre Ini]] cannot be ascertained.{{sfn|Dodson|Hilton|2004|p=64}} Djedkare is generally thought to have been the son of Menkauhor Kaiu, but the two might instead have been brothers and sons of Nyuserre Ini.{{sfn|Tyldesley|2005|p=241}} Another hypothesis suggests that Djedkare and Menkauhor could have been cousins,{{sfn|Tyldesley|2005|p=241}} being sons of Nyuserre and Neferefre respectively.{{sfn|Verner|2002|p=324}}
The identity of Djedkare's mother is similarly unknown.{{sfn|Dodson|Hilton|2004|p=64}}