Game Of Thrones Season 8: 20 Biggest Unanswered Questions & Mysteries

5. How Will Jon And Daenerys React To His Parentage?

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Jon Snow is really called Aegon Targaryen, the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, and that's something both he and Daenerys are going to discover in Season 8, which is going to put a major wrinkle in their new relationship.

Not only does it mean they've committed incest, but it also means that Jon has a stronger claim to the throne that Dany has been working towards for years now. While Jon is a reluctant ruler, and the White Walkers take precedent now anyway, it's obviously going to have a major impact on both of their characters on an individual level and as a couple.

How will Jon react to knowing he isn't a bastard? How will Dany react to discovering not only a nephew, but someone with a better claim? Will they stay together? Will she turn on him? After the Night King is defeated (if he is defeated, anyway), then this is what could dictate the future of Westeros.

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