He had many older half brothers including Olokunjuwon, Alebiosu Aladejana (later Arosoye I) and Prince Ifaturoti Adegoroye, and many other siblings.
Through his father, he claimed hereditary kinship with all of the preceding rulers of both Akure and the neighboring kingdoms of Ijeshaland and Ikereland.
Several decades before his birth, in 1818, the Kingdom of Benin had invaded his father's homeland and executed Oba Arakale, his paternal grandfather.
Prominent grandchildren of his include Oba Afunbiowo II, the musician King Sunny Ade, and the medical practitioner and historian Dr. Olawunmi Akintide.
This created a vacancy in the office, and several eligible princes sought the throne, including Olofinlade's two siblings, Arosoye and Ifaturoti, and his first cousin, Odundun I.
In addition, his support for the British occupation can be seen from the fact that he sided with the colonial government when they introduced the first income tax, even when Akure people rioted and attacked him in his palace.
Adesida I's legacy has been documented extensively by the aforesaid Dr. Olawunmi Akintide, his grandson and a one-time secretary of the Omoremilekun Asodeboyede ruling house, who wrote his biography The Lion King and the Cubs.