[Avodah] how to 'fix' a mamzer

[Marty Bluke via Avodah]

On Monday, May 16, 2016, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
> On 05/16/2016 04:32 AM, Lisa Liel wrote:
>> Rabbi Tarfon wasn't the last word on it in the Gemara, so I don't
>> think you're correct about Chazal permitting it.

> Actually the last word on it in the Gemara is "Amar Rav Yehuda amar
> Shmuel, halacha ker'bbi Tarfon.

> The Rambam and Shulchan Aruch rule accordingly (http://uc2.e6.sl.pt
> http://mechon-mamre.org/i/5115.htm#4), though Tosfos (on 68b d"h Vladah
> Kamoha) seems to disagree.

You are assuming that the Torah distinguishes between yichus and them being
your children. I don't think there is such a distinction. Yichus determines
whether they are your children or not. Since the child of a shifcha is an
eved they can't be related to you as a Jew can't be related to a non Jew.