Commentary for Kiddushin 157:3

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> .וצריכא דאי אשמעינן גבי דידיה משום דגברא קים ליה ביוחסין אבל איתתא דלא קים לה ביוחסין אימא לא ניהוו קידושיה קידושין

For if we were told [this] of him [the father], that is because a man is well-informed in matters of genealogy;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore when he gives her in betrothal, he is sure of his son-in-law's lineage and cancels his agent's authority.');">²</span> but as for a woman, who is not well-informed in matters of genealogy, I would say that her kiddushin is invalid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For when she accepts betrothal for herself she may feel uncertain of the man's birth, and therefore tacitly implies that if her agent betroths her to one of purer descent her own act shall be null.');">³</span>

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