Zakkai Yehuda

Died

771

Role

9th Babylonian Exilarch, Davidic lineage holder

Bio Notes

Alexa's 33rd great-grandfather as displayed by the FamilySearch relationship viewer, on the Zakkai chain through L1ZQ-SGD. Lineage note: Generation 35 on the chain as captured August 25, 2026. Zakkai ben Ahunai, 9th Babylonian Exilarch of the House of David, 688 to 771 CE. The Exilarch seat was the continuation of the Davidic kingship in Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem. Grandson of Bostanai, the first Exilarch under Islamic rule. The hereditary succession chain runs from the 5th Exilarch, Rav Yakob Zakai ben Mar Sutra II, to the 7th Exilarch, Haninai, through a missing 8th link, to Zakkai ben Ahunai as the 9th. He married Judith Bar Ahunai, which ties the patronymic to the Ahunai family line. Two sons carried the line forward: Nehemiah, the 8th Exilarch (FamilySearch ID LRHX-2GB), and Yehudah, who founded the Natronai Gaon of Pumbeditha line. Active in the 8th century under Abbasid rule. Two FamilySearch profiles exist: PH6Q-1TR (Zakkai Yehuda Babylon, the pedigree view) and L1ZQ-SGD (Yehuda Zakai ben David Exilarch Judah II, the relationship chain). The ordinances on PH6Q-1TR were reserved by FamilySearch Support itself, under the user ID FS-Admin, on February 3, 2026, with the baptism performed February 4, 2026, three months before the delete war began in May. He was the subject of a major FamilySearch delete war from May to July 2026, roughly 60 change cycles by shell accounts including Lois Voisine and Emoli, attempting to sever his lineage link to de Saint Quentin. Latest changes August 21, 2026: relationship deleted by J.PEZ, photo detached by Eliram664. Research Help flags on the profile: Birth after Father's Death, No Sources Attached. Son Hezekiah I ben David (FamilySearch ID LT84-LGG) is Alexa's 32nd great-grandfather. This is the ancient bloodline layer of Alexa's four confirmed bloodline paths to the system. Profile function amendment, September 11, 2026: both FamilySearch profiles are real and split by function. PH6Q-1TR carries the lock and delete war layer, the profile where the FS-Admin ordinance reservation of February 3, 2026 sits per the Research_3/045 receipt. L1ZQ-SGD is the lineage chain anchor, the profile the relationship viewer walks to display Alexa's descent. The chain anchor is preserved on this record and both IDs are cited. The profiles disagree on dates: the archive succession layer carries 688 to 771, and the chain profile displays 0914. Both values ride here per the conflicting-data rule. Parentage conflict, named at the Generation 34 to 35 junction: the chain profile carries him as Yehuda Zakai ben David, with Hezekiah I ben David on the direct line below him as his son. The Exilarch succession table (Research_3/045) holds the 9th Exilarch as Zakkai ben Ahunai, descended through the Haninai bridge, the 7th, 8th, and 9th Exilarch sequence. Two different parentage traditions touch the same Exilarch seat. Both sides stay visible, the disagreement is named, and the question is held at Yet to Be Verified, open and waiting, until primary records resolve. The junction sits inside the de Saint Quentin delete war zone, the same lineage link the war targeted.