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'''Milk brother''' or '''milk brothers''' usually refers to two infants of different parents who were nursed simultaneously by the same woman.<ref name="MB">[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1188 Milk Brothers, Dragons, and Foreshadowing (November 04, 2001)]</ref> Twelve year-old [[Edric Dayne]] told [[Arya Stark]] that [[Jon Snow]] was his milk brother,{{ref|asos|43}} but Edric was stretching the term a little as Jon is four years older than him, and had long been parted from [[Wylla]]'s breasts by the time Edric came along.<ref name="MB"/>
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'''Milk brother''' or '''milk brothers''' usually refers to two infants of different parents who were nursed simultaneously by the same woman.<ref name="MB">[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1188 Milk Brothers, Dragons, and Foreshadowing (November 04, 2001)]</ref>
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Twelve year-old [[Edric Dayne]] tells [[Arya Stark]] that [[Jon Snow]] is his milk brother,{{Ref|ASOS|43}} but Edric was stretching the term a little as Jon is four years older than him, and had long been parted from [[Wylla]]'s breasts by the time Edric came along.<ref name="MB"/>
  
 
==Known milk brothers==
 
==Known milk brothers==
* [[Edric Dayne]] and [[Jon Snow]] (both nursed by [[Wylla]], Edric because his mother did not have enough milk for him when he was born){{ref|asos|43}}
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* [[Edric Dayne]] and [[Jon Snow]], both nursed by [[Wylla]], Edric because his mother did not have enough milk for him when he was born.{{Ref|ASOS|43}}
* [[Arianne Martell]] and [[Garin (orphan)|Garin of the Orphans]] (both nursed by Garin's mother){{ref|affc|21}}
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* [[Arianne Martell]] and [[Garin (orphan)|Garin of the Orphans]], both nursed by Garin's mother.{{Ref|AFFC|21}}
* [[Monster|Gilly's son]], and [[Mance Rayder]] and [[Dalla]]'s son [[Aemon Steelsong]] (both nursed by [[Gilly]] because Dalla had died in childbirth){{ref|asos|75}}
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* [[Monster|Gilly's son]], and [[Mance Rayder]] and [[Dalla]]'s son [[Aemon Steelsong]], both nursed by [[Gilly]] because Dalla had died in childbirth){{Ref|ASOS|75}}
* [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] and [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] (both nursed by the same [[wet nurse]] because [[Viserys I Targaryen|King Viserys]] wanted them to be raised together without emnity){{ref|trp}}
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* [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] and [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]], both nursed by the same [[wet nurse]] because King [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]] wanted them to be raised together without enmity.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|TRP}}
  
 
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Revision as of 14:02, 9 April 2022

Milk brother or milk brothers usually refers to two infants of different parents who were nursed simultaneously by the same woman.[1]

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Twelve year-old Edric Dayne tells Arya Stark that Jon Snow is his milk brother,[2] but Edric was stretching the term a little as Jon is four years older than him, and had long been parted from Wylla's breasts by the time Edric came along.[1]

Known milk brothers

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