Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 218:5

אמר רבא אמר קרא (במדבר כז, יא) ממשפחתו וירש אותה משפחת אב קרויה משפחה משפחת אם אינה קרויה משפחה דכתיב (במדבר א, ב) למשפחותם לבית אבותם

Why not [rather] say [that] she'ero refers to the mother since it is written, She is thy mother's near kinswoman?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] Ibid. 13; and consequently, let it be inferred from this text that a mother, like a father, is entitled to inherit from a daughter ');">¹⁷</span> — Raba replied: The Scriptural text says. that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXVII, 11. ');">¹⁸</span> the family of the father is regarded<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'called'. ');">¹⁹</span> [as the proper] family [but] the family of the mother is not regarded<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'called'. ');">¹⁹</span>

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