Whether children should follow the condition of their father?

❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that children should follow the condition of their father. Because dominion belongs to those of higher rank. Now in generating the father ranks above the mother. Therefore, etc.

❌ Objection 2 : Further, the being of a thing depends on the form more than on the matter. Now in generation the father gives the form, and the mother the matter (De Gener. Animal. ii, 4). Therefore the child should follow the condition of the father rather than of the mother.

❌ Objection 3 : Further, a thing should follow that chiefly to which it is most like. Now the son is more like the father than the mother, even as the daughter is more like the mother. Therefore at least the son should follow the father in preference, and the daughter the mother.

❌ Objection 4 : Further, in Holy Writ genealogies are not traced through the women but through the men. Therefore the children follow the father rather than the mother.