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After three centuries of this, varying forms of insanity became so common in the family that it was said that every time a new Targaryen was born, the Gods would flip a coin to determine if he or she would grow to be insane.

Therefore generations of inbreeding increasingly produced insanity in some of them. Although there were plenty of times throughout the centuries of Targaryens marrying other people of noble houses of Westeros, they still continued to practice incest occasionally.

The members of House Targaryen, like their ancestors of the Valyrian Freehold, often married brother to sister to keep their bloodline pure, in order to control the dragons and keep their Valyrian legacy.

This preserved their distinctly Valyrian features such as a pale complexion and white (platinum blonde) hair. King Aenys Targaryen's children Rhaena and Aegon marry each other, sparking the Faith Militant uprising.ĭaenerys and Viserys Targaryen are the product of generations of compound inbreeding.

3.2 Real-life incest laws in the Middle Ages.

3.1 Incest in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels.