Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-3035448-20160822204921/@comment-3035448-20160822210854

Now I'm well aware that in the books Aegon V was the Mad King's grandfather rather than his father. What I wasn't as well aware of until I refreshed my memory and did a little research today was that Aegon V married someone (Betha Blackwood) outside the family like his father and grandfather did before him but his son Jaehaerys II, Aerys's father in the books, married his sister as did Aerys himself. So far, there's been no mention on the show as to who Aerys's mother was but they have stated for a fact that Aegon V was his father rather than his grandfather. If the writers do reveal his mother's identity at some point, I wonder if they'll be consistent with the books and make her someone outside the family too.