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Posted: 2019-04-15T01:54:55Z | Updated: 2019-04-15T01:54:55Z

Jon Snow finally knows something.

In the Game of Thrones Season 8 premiere on Sunday, Samwell Tarly (John Bradley) finally revealed to Jon Snow (Kit Harington) the mother of all secrets: his parents are Lyanna Stark (Aisling Franciosi) and Rhaegar Targaryen (Wilf Scolding), his name is Aegon Targaryen, and he is the rightful heir to the Iron Throne.

The King in the North is shook.

We knew it was coming. After years of theories (decades really), the shows sixth season confirmed fans suspicions that R + L = J (thats fanspeak for Rhaegar + Lyanna = Jon) with a pivotal scene at the Tower of Joy. Of course, Rhaegar was known to have married Elia Martell, so technically Jon still could have been a bastard. But in Season 7, Gilly (Hannah Murray ) discovers Rhaegar got an annulment, and its later revealed that he and Lyanna were legally married. Jon Snow, aka Aegon Targaryen, is the legitimate heir to the throne.

Sam and Bran, aka the Three-Eyed Raven, aka the Westerosi Google search, learned all of that information in some of the final moments of Season 7, so it was only a matter of time before Jon learned the truth.

Following the Season 7 finale, Bran himself (Isaac Hempstead Wright ) got on the phone with HuffPost and said he hoped Sam would be the one to ultimately deliver the news to Jon.

Itd be a bit of an underwhelming reunion for Jon to come back like, Bran, how are you? [And Bran goes], Great. I know everything and youre the heir to the Iron Throne. Probably dont want that kind of delivery, he said.

On Sunday, Hempstead Wright got his wish.