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Originally Posted by Adasunshine Does anyone know why Cersei went around claiming Tyrion was "hers" once he had been born? |
I don't have the book to hand, but if you're referring to the flashback when Tyrion's just been born and she goes down to the wetnurse and threatens her, I don't think she says he's "hers" (for one thing, she would have been about 9 or something!!), she says he's a Lannister, and as such, she has a claim on him and she, as a wetnurse is just "a teat with legs" or something similar!
Tyrion is definately the offspring of Joanna (Tywin's wife). After all, she dies giving birth to him!!
Any rumours about Tyrion's parentage usually centre round whether Aerys Targaryen raped Joanna and he was the result, but I think this highly unlikely as Lannister blood is 'regressive' compared to Baratheon for instance, I think some element of Targaryen would show through (violet eyes, white hair) if that was the case. Also I think if there was even a chance of that being the case, Tywin would have had Tyrion killed a long time ago. As it turns out, he should have had him killed years ago, then he wouldn't have been slain himself!
This is straying from the point, but I've often wondered why Tywin didn't pressurise his son to join the Night's Watch like Randyll Tarly did with Sam. Mind you, Sam was a lot easier to scare I'm guessing as stood in the way more than Tyrion did. Still, one slip in battle and Tyrion would be the heir asssuming Tywin & Jamie died...