Of course, Rhaegar was known to have married Elia Martell, so technically Jon still could have been a bastard. Jon Snow, aka Aegon Targaryen, is the legitimate heir to the throne. “It’d be a bit of an underwhelming reunion for Jon to come back like, ‘Bran, how are you?’ [And Bran goes], ‘Great. Toward the end of the episode, Bran prompts Sam to tell Jon the truth of his parentage, basically saying, “The fans have waited long enough! Like Sam says, Jon is the true heir to the throne.

Source: Huffington Post April 15, 2019 01:59 UTC