Quote:Targaryens are above the laws of men. That's why they could marry their siblings, and they also practiced polygamy as well. Who's to say that Rhaegar, a known traditionalist, didn't decide to revive the practice and marry Lyanna in the South? He would be a true born son of Rhaegar and have a better claim than Dany, although if he was smart he would marry her for the sake of the realm and allow her to rule, he taking at most a joint power position. Jon values the good of the realm more than his own ambition and I think he would want to secure Danys help against the Others at any cost.

 

Rhaegar may very well have married her rather than kidnapped her and raped her which seems unlikely given his feelings for her, over his Dornish wife.  Also, Lyanna may have given birth to twins, AFAIK, this hasn't been ruled out.  Less likely is John's twin may have been Dany although she is supposedly about 7 months older than him or something like that.  (We've already seen that the accepted history in the story can be a little misleading.)  But even if Jon really is a [BAD WORD REMOVED], he still may have a strong claim to the Iron Throne due to the GoT world's tradition of passing the crown down through the male line.  Same reason some people thought Gendry might have a claim to the throne on the Baratheon side even if Princess Shireen had survived her father. 

 

I wonder if Jon doesn't end up marrying his cousin Sansa to bind House Targaryen with House Stark before it's all over.

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