A Bas Talmid Chochom, by definition, is yichus.
A Tzadik, by definition, has more zchusim than a non-tzadik.
A Talmid Chochom does not, by definition, have to be tzadik. Nor does a tzadik, by definition, have to be a talmid chochom.
And, of course, by definition, I am neither.
The Wolf