Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 123:15
א"ה ה"נ שאני התם דיחסינהו בשמייהו ובשמא דאבוהון והכא לא מפרש ואיבעית אימא יחסינהו בדוכתא אחריתי באבוהון ובאבא דאבוהון דכתיב (מלכים א טו, יח) וישלחם המלך אסא אל בן הדד בן טברימון בן חזיון מלך ארם היושב בדמשק לאמר
R. Johanan raised an objection against Resh Lakish. At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, King of Babylon etc.!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Kings, XX, 12; which shews that an offspring of an idolater is also described as a son! ');"><sup>36</sup></span> — The other replied: While they are idolaters they have legally recognized ancestry, but when they become proselytes they have no longer any legally recognized ancestry. Rab<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Others, 'R. Abba', v. Alfasi and [H]. ');"><sup>37</sup></span>
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