• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    "For House Targaryen, the ideal marriage was brother-to-sister, or failing that, marrying close kin such as cousins, uncles, or nieces. This practice preserved the “blood of the dragon,” "

    Imma say this meme hits the nail on the head there

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      Heavily depends on when in the timeline you’re looking at. They had stopped the sibling boinking for a good while by the time A Game of Thrones starts.

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            Her parents were the mad king and his sister wife Rhaella. Who bore 8 kids, 3 made it to “adults”. The first being Rhaegar. The biological father of Jon Snow. Meaning the two main characters who were aunt/nephew, fucked and Jon’s kids could have been his cousins if she had gotten pregnant