And Rhaegar as the most likely father. The main evidence is in Ned's dream about facing the 3 King's Guard, aGoT, and making the promise to Lyanna. The only reason for the King's Guard to be there is if a member of the royal family was there and all of them are accounted for except the possibility for Jon being Rhaegar's and Lyanna's son. There's also Dany's visions in the House of the Undying, aCoK, where she sees a man who she at first thinks is Viserys, but most think is Rhaegar with Lyanna and their newborn son. I believe there are a few other hints as well, though I think I hit the major clues.
That's Rhaegar with Elia Martell and their son Aegon (the would-be Aegon VI), and Rhaegar saying, "He is the prince who was promised, his is the song of ice and fire." If Jon is Rhaegar and Lyanna's son, then Rhaegar was already dead when he was born (since the theory is that Lyanna died from the strain of childbirth and gave him to Eddard only minutes later before dying herself) and there was no such 'cosy' scene.
To add to the other theories, we know from Oberyn's observations in ASoS that Elia was weak and sickly. A popular fan theory is that Elia was told that if she bore a third child - Rhaegar wanted a third child, a Visenya to add to Rhaenys and Aegon - she would die, so Rhaegar had to seek another mother to bear his third child, possibly even with Elia's consent (the Dornish being fairly relaxed about that sort of thing and Elia apparently being clued in to the prophecy), which led to the whole situation with Lyanna and the war. Where confusion sets in is that Rhaegar was apparently wrong: his third child was supposed to be a daughter, not a son, and that puts the prophecy in doubt (though we already know from the death of Dany and Drogo's son, the stallion who mounts the world etc, that prophecies can be undone in the ASoIaF world).
who are Jon Snow's parents?
23/04/2011 08:42:21 PM
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the common theory is that Jon is Lyanna's son
23/04/2011 08:54:35 PM
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To add to this...
23/04/2011 09:47:32 PM
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Re: the House of the Undying
26/04/2011 12:08:02 AM
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