Now, here’s where things get interesting. Having spent over 300 years wedding brother to sister in order to keep their bloodline pure, a union between an aunt and her nephew seems within the realm of possibility. Not everyone in the Thrones universe is open to sexual relationships between relatives - hence the stigma surrounding Cersei and Jaime’s relationship - but the Targaryens are notorious for it. We know what you’re thinking: wouldn’t that be incest? And yes, you’re right.
This confirmation of the fan-favorite R+L=J theory almost certainly sets the stage for Daenerys and Jon to come face to face in season seven, a meeting many believe will reveal the meaning behind the title A Song of Ice and Fire and potentially lead to a marriage between the two. During a flashback scene to the Tower of Joy, it was revealed that Jon is not actually Ned’s bastard, but rather the son of Ned’s sister, Lyanna Stark, and Daenerys’s brother, Rhaegar Targaryen. However, moments earlier, viewers learned that this was in fact untrue. But the former Queen Mother won’t be ruling over a united continent, as several of the seven kingdoms are still in open rebellion against the Lannister crown - including, of course, the North.Īt Winterfell, the recently resurrected Jon Snow was just declared the King in the North on the basis that Ned Stark’s blood runs through his veins.
