Is Jon Snow Ned's sister's son?

Is Jon Snow Ned's sister's son?

Known only to a handful of people in the Seven Kingdoms, Jon is in fact the son of Ned's sister, Lyanna Stark, and Rhaegar Targaryen. His given name was actually Aegon VII Targaryen, but he'll always be Jon to us.

Is Jon Snow actually Robert Baratheon's son?

As revealed on the season-seven finale of "Game of Thrones," Jon Snow is the legitimate son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. ... Lyanna was Ned Stark's younger sister, betrothed to Robert Baratheon before running away with Rhaegar and bearing his secret lovechild, Jon.

Is Jon Snow related to Daenerys?

As the two get together for the first time, however, fans are given the full confirmation of a longstanding theory and something that got pretty much confirmed earlier, which is that Jon Snow is actually Aegon Targaryen. The R+L = J theory came to be, meaning that Jon Snow was the blood nephew of Daenerys.

Who is Jon Snow the son of in Game of Thrones?

• The popular fan theory—called R+L=J, an abbreviation of "Rhaegar + Lyanna = Jon"—proposes that Jon is not the son of Ned at all, but is actually the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Ned's younger sister Lyanna Stark.

What was Jon Snow's relationship with Sansa Stark?

• However, Jon's closest relationship was with Arya, who, as an adventurous tomboy prone to un-ladylike pursuits, also felt like a social outsider. In contrast, Jon's early relationship with Sansa was unpleasant; very much her mother's daughter, she was aloof and cold to him as well. Season 1 Jon instructs Bran under Ned's watchful eye.

How is Jon Snow related to Lyanna Targaryen?

• ― Tormund [src] Jon Snow, born Aegon Targaryen, is the son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen, the late Prince of Dragonstone. From infancy, Jon is presented as the bastard son of Lord Eddard Stark, Lyanna's brother, and raised alongside his lawful children at Winterfell, the seat of House Stark.

Why was Jon Snow's true parentage kept secret?

• However, his true parentage is kept secret from everyone, including Jon himself, in order to protect him from those that sought the complete annihilation of House Targaryen after Robert's Rebellion and to maintain order in the realm . "His name is [...] If Robert finds out, he'll kill him. You know he will. You have to protect him. Promise me, Ned.