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Originally Posted by Slave
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Jon Snow is the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. He is the Prince Who Was Promised, and his is the song of ice and fire. It seems likely that he will be one of the heads of the dragon, along with Tyrion Lannister, who is probably Aerys Targaryen II's son by Johanna Lannister, making Jon Snow his nephew and Daenerys Targaryen his half-sister.
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While there's plenty of evidence to support your assessment of Jon's parentage (if it turns out he's not the son of Rhaegar, Martin has been trolling us all along) there's next to nothing to support the hypothesis that Tyrion is anything but Tywin's son. That's wishful thinking on the part of readers who want Tyrion to be special because he's their favorite character.
It's a huge stretch to go from "Tywin dislikes Tyrion" to "Tyrion must not be Tywin's son" when the simplest explanation is that Joanna died in childbirth, not because she was raped by Aerys.
Unlike Jon, there's not much reason as the series stands to think that Tyrion is the third head of the dragon. The rhetorical question "if not him then who is it?" is dumb because we don't have strong evidence for it being
anyone right now.
I could be wrong and Tyrion's parentage turns out to be a big secret but it's not hinted at strongly enough right now to put any stock in it.
My intuition is that Dorne is going to have some special significance; Quentyn Martell's quest aside, a lot of threads are dangling loose down there. Myrcella is in Prince Doran's hands, the Red Viper poisoned Tywin Lannister and nobody realizes it yet, his daughters want blood, and it's entirely possible they'll side with Aegon and the Golden Company in war against King's Landing. With Tywin and Kevan dead, Tyrion exiled, Cersei declawed, Varys and Littlefinger working against the throne, there's nobody left but the Tyrells who can really stand against that kind of attack. And let's face it, the Tyrells are too shrewd to fight a war they may not win.
And let's not forget Princess Sarella lurking around Oldtown just as the Maesters seem to be getting up to some serious shit. The Dornish are going to be a big, big player in whatever comes next.