Shem was Noah’s son who fathered Aram, according to Genesis. Genesis 10:22 lists Aram among Shem’s sons, and the genealogy continues through later generations associated with peoples and regions of the ancient Near East.
Shem is one of Noah’s three sons, alongside Ham and Japheth. Genesis 10 presents the descendants of all three sons in its Table of Nations, while Genesis 11 traces a line from Shem toward Abram. Because of this genealogy, the biblical term “Semitic” was later formed from Shem’s name, although modern language classification does not simply mean that every Semitic-language speaker is a direct genealogical descendant in a literal historical sense.
A common confusion is placing Aram under Ham because Ham’s descendants include Canaan and other well-known names. In Genesis, Aram is explicitly listed under Shem. The question concerns the biblical genealogy, not a modern genetic claim or a confirmed historical family tree.