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Fenrir51 wrote: There's no reason to suspect Littlefinger know's about Jon's true parentage. He only knew about Joffrey's bastardy because he had been working at Robert's Small Council for about seventeen years, and had spies everywhere in the Red Keep. And when has Littlefinger never played a big manipulative role? To him, Jon Snow is just another obstacle to overcome on his own path to absolute power. He'll only fuel Sansa's resentment of Jon, while simultaneously undermining the Northern people's confidence in their new king. Only that he's been in love with Catelyn since he was a boy so when the honorable Ned Stark comes homes with a bastard son you can bet Littlefinger will do everything in his power to find out about the boy for just the right moment. He has spies in the North just like Varys. I think he knows based on comments he made to Sansa about Rhaegar. He even called Jon "a bastard born in the south," thus denying him to be Ned's to Sansa. Petyr would be very curious to know what happened to Ser Arthur Dayne..hmm why didn't he have Rhaegar's back at the Trident? Why did Rhaegar send his best friend and knight to the Tower of Joy. Then there's 3 living midwives who would know what happened. I don't know what Ned told Howland Reed. But I think it is very much in character for Petyr Baelish to investigate Ned Stark's bastard son whom his beloved Catelyn is forced to have in her household.