Editing Jon Snow (section)

==Parentage==
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Jon's parentage remains a topic of discussion among readers of the series, as his mother remains unidentified. On several occasions, the topic is brought to the reader's attention in text, although several characters provide different possibilities. Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s wife, [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]], heard from her maids the tales Eddard's soldiers had told about [[Ashara Dayne]], though Eddard refused to confirm this when she confronted him, and he silenced the stories about Ashara at [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|AGOT|6}} Years later, [[Sansa Stark]] heard rumors saying that Jon's mother had been a [[smallfolk|common woman]].{{Ref|AGOT|15}} [[Cersei Lannister]] mentions Ashara as Jon's potential mother as well, as well as "some [[Dornish]] peasant."{{Ref|AGOT|45}} Eddard seems to have told King [[Robert I Baratheon]] that Jon's mother was a woman named Wylla, though Robert has never seen her.{{Ref|AGOT|12}} Meanwhile, Lord [[Edric Dayne]] believes his wet nurse, [[Wylla]], to have been Jon's mother.{{Ref|ASOS|43}} According to Lord [[Godric Borrell]], the daughter of the fisherman who brought Eddard from the [[Fingers]] across the [[Bite]] to the [[Three Sisters]] at the beginning of [[Robert's Rebellion]] gave birth to Eddard's bastard son, and according to Godric, it had been she who gave Jon his name, in honor of [[Jon Arryn]].{{Ref|ADWD|9}}

Fans of the series have speculated about his parentage for many years, with [[Jon Snow/Theories|numerous theories]] having been developed during that time.