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To me it looks more that Araki is saying the exact reverse. He understands the confusion because in Part 6 a new universe was born, and he also made a new setting for Part 7. That implies that no, he's not continuing from the Emporioverse onward.

What we know is that in SBR vol 2 he explains that "Thus, in Steel Ball Run, you will meet characters whose names are similar to some protagonists of the "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" saga. I'd want you to see them as incarnations from a parallel universe, and not as ancestors." And in JJL vol1 he says "Hello. This is the beginning of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure "Part 8". I made the stage the fictitious town of "Morioh" from Part 4, a story I wrote a long time ago. But this, "Part 8" isn't linked to that story at all. ". He's only clear about SBRverse not being linked to the original verse. It could also be inferred that the SBRverse is also not linked to the Emporioverse since the Emporioverse is linked to the original verse.

We also know that in the family trees, Irene is not connected to either version of the Joestar tree. Since the family is so important to the series, why didn't he make a family tree connecting Johnny to Irene?

There is generally a lack of clarity over everything Araki says. The most reasonable interpretation is that Araki is continuing the JJBA series with a different continuity. There's nothing confirming a link yet, and besides what is the point of starting over with a new continuity if you want to link it to the old one?