diff --git a/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js b/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js
index 8e70cb3..aa0d7b2 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js
+++ b/crates/obscura-js/js/bootstrap.js
@@ -2681,38 +2681,59 @@ class Document extends Node {
         }
         return null;
       },
-      firstChild() {
-        let child = this.currentNode.firstChild;
-        while (child) {
-          if (this._accept(child)) { this.currentNode = child; return child; }
-          child = child.nextSibling;
+      // DOM 6.1 "traverse children" (issue #469). The movers used to step
+      // straight to the next sibling when a node was not accepted, so a
+      // FILTER_SKIP node hid its children instead of exposing them. `edge` and
+      // `step` pick the direction: first/next for forward, last/previous for
+      // backward.
+      _traverseChildren(edge, step) {
+        let node = this.currentNode[edge];
+        while (node) {
+          const verdict = this._filter(node);
+          if (verdict === 1) { this.currentNode = node; return node; }
+          // Only SKIP leaves the children eligible; REJECT prunes the subtree.
+          if (verdict === 3) {
+            const child = node[edge];
+            if (child) { node = child; continue; }
+          }
+          // Subtree exhausted: step sideways, climbing out without passing
+          // root or the node the walk started from.
+          while (node) {
+            const sibling = node[step];
+            if (sibling) { node = sibling; break; }
+            const parent = node.parentNode;
+            if (!parent || parent === this.root || parent === this.currentNode) return null;
+            node = parent;
+          }
         }
         return null;
       },
-      lastChild() {
-        let child = this.currentNode.lastChild;
-        while (child) {
-          if (this._accept(child)) { this.currentNode = child; return child; }
-          child = child.previousSibling;
+      // DOM 6.1 "traverse siblings" (issue #469).
+      _traverseSiblings(edge, step) {
+        let node = this.currentNode;
+        if (node === this.root) return null;
+        for (;;) {
+          let sibling = node[step];
+          while (sibling) {
+            node = sibling;
+            const verdict = this._filter(node);
+            if (verdict === 1) { this.currentNode = node; return node; }
+            // Descend into a skipped sibling's subtree; a rejected one is
+            // off-limits, and a childless one has nothing to descend into.
+            sibling = node[edge];
+            if (verdict === 2 || !sibling) sibling = node[step];
+          }
+          node = node.parentNode;
+          if (!node || node === this.root) return null;
+          // An accepted parent is where the walk would go next, so there is no
+          // sibling to return.
+          if (this._filter(node) === 1) return null;
         }
-        return null;
-      },
-      nextSibling() {
-        let sibling = this.currentNode.nextSibling;
-        while (sibling) {
-          if (this._accept(sibling)) { this.currentNode = sibling; return sibling; }
-          sibling = sibling.nextSibling;
-        }
-        return null;
-      },
-      previousSibling() {
-        let sibling = this.currentNode.previousSibling;
-        while (sibling) {
-          if (this._accept(sibling)) { this.currentNode = sibling; return sibling; }
-          sibling = sibling.previousSibling;
-        }
-        return null;
       },
+      firstChild() { return this._traverseChildren('firstChild', 'nextSibling'); },
+      lastChild() { return this._traverseChildren('lastChild', 'previousSibling'); },
+      nextSibling() { return this._traverseSiblings('firstChild', 'nextSibling'); },
+      previousSibling() { return this._traverseSiblings('lastChild', 'previousSibling'); },
       parentNode() {
         let parent = this.currentNode.parentNode;
         if (parent && parent !== this.root && this._accept(parent)) {
diff --git a/crates/obscura-js/src/runtime.rs b/crates/obscura-js/src/runtime.rs
index ca7ade2..2afc944 100644
--- a/crates/obscura-js/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/obscura-js/src/runtime.rs
@@ -1541,6 +1541,99 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(result, serde_json::json!(["P", "A"]));
     }
 
+    /// Issue #469: FILTER_SKIP leaves a skipped node's children eligible, so
+    /// firstChild()/lastChild() must descend into them. FILTER_REJECT must not.
+    #[test]
+    fn tree_walker_child_movers_descend_on_skip_but_not_on_reject() {
+        let mut rt = setup_runtime(
+            r#"<div id="root"><section><a></a><b></b></section></div>"#,
+        );
+        let result = rt
+            .evaluate(
+                r#"
+                const root = document.getElementById('root');
+                function mover(verdict, method) {
+                    const w = document.createTreeWalker(root, NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT, {
+                        acceptNode(node) {
+                            return node.tagName === 'SECTION' ? verdict : NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;
+                        }
+                    });
+                    const found = w[method]();
+                    return found ? found.tagName : null;
+                }
+                return [
+                    mover(NodeFilter.FILTER_SKIP, 'firstChild'),
+                    mover(NodeFilter.FILTER_SKIP, 'lastChild'),
+                    mover(NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT, 'firstChild'),
+                    mover(NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT, 'lastChild'),
+                ];
+                "#,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        // SKIP descends into <section>; REJECT prunes it and finds nothing else.
+        assert_eq!(result, serde_json::json!(["A", "B", null, null]));
+    }
+
+    /// Issue #469: nextSibling()/previousSibling() must descend into a skipped
+    /// sibling's subtree rather than stepping straight over it.
+    #[test]
+    fn tree_walker_sibling_movers_descend_into_skipped_siblings() {
+        let mut rt = setup_runtime(
+            r#"<div id="root"><p id="start"></p><section><a></a></section><q></q></div>"#,
+        );
+        let result = rt
+            .evaluate(
+                r#"
+                const root = document.getElementById('root');
+                function mover(verdict, method, from) {
+                    const w = document.createTreeWalker(root, NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT, {
+                        acceptNode(node) {
+                            return node.tagName === 'SECTION' ? verdict : NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;
+                        }
+                    });
+                    w.currentNode = document.getElementById(from);
+                    const found = w[method]();
+                    return found ? found.tagName : null;
+                }
+                return [
+                    // <section> is skipped, so its child <a> is the next sibling.
+                    mover(NodeFilter.FILTER_SKIP, 'nextSibling', 'start'),
+                    // Rejected: the subtree is off-limits, so skip past to <q>.
+                    mover(NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT, 'nextSibling', 'start'),
+                ];
+                "#,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result, serde_json::json!(["A", "Q"]));
+    }
+
+    /// Issue #469: the backward sibling mover descends to *last* children.
+    #[test]
+    fn tree_walker_previous_sibling_descends_to_last_child() {
+        let mut rt = setup_runtime(
+            r#"<div id="root"><section><a></a><b></b></section><p id="start"></p></div>"#,
+        );
+        let result = rt
+            .evaluate(
+                r#"
+                const root = document.getElementById('root');
+                const w = document.createTreeWalker(root, NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT, {
+                    acceptNode(node) {
+                        return node.tagName === 'SECTION'
+                            ? NodeFilter.FILTER_SKIP
+                            : NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;
+                    }
+                });
+                w.currentNode = document.getElementById('start');
+                const found = w.previousSibling();
+                return found ? found.tagName : null;
+                "#,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        // Reverse order descends to <section>'s last child, not its first.
+        assert_eq!(result, serde_json::json!("B"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn append_child_flattens_document_fragment() {
         let mut rt = setup_runtime(r#"<main id="host"></main>"#);