User blog comment:SummerandBran/Howland Reed/@comment-25371179-20161113055002

In this case, Howland is like us, the fans. Ned went into the tower with no baby, looking for his sister who had purportedly been abducted and raped by Rhaegar, then came out with a baby and his dead sister. Not to mention, they had just finished up three (two in the show) Kingsguard. Who else could the parents of the newborn be? Oh right, probably just Ashara Dayne and Ned for... whatever reason... Logic dictates the child is born between Rhaegar and Lyanna.