Premises:
1. Sons don't always take after fathers to be recognized by someone who knows the father, but it there is often at least some similarity.
2. Absence of similarity to the supposed father is not remotely conclusive, but it's still a hint that makes you wondering, especially if you have some other clues. And especially if the young adult starts to look somewhat like a younger version of someone you know.
3. A child with a Celtic portrait born to a pure Anglo-Saxon and some other Germanic ruler is going to raise some concerns. Obviously Mongol eyes or very dark skin or something else that neither the mother's ancestors nor the father's have had. (Two people of mixed race can still produce children that look like either pure race, but anyway. Exceptions are exceptions.) Or something that reminds you of your brother from a different, exotic mother.
This is a bit like Jon, Ned, Stannis etc. digging and discovering that Baratheon black plus Lannister gold always produces Baratheon black (recessive vs dominant alleles), where you can't produce unassailable proof, but the clues should be enough in many cases.
This isn't just a paternity suit but a matter of the right to rule, dynastic continuity etc., along with the stigma of bastardy, especially when born of a more severely prohibited union.
1. Sons don't always take after fathers to be recognized by someone who knows the father, but it there is often at least some similarity.
2. Absence of similarity to the supposed father is not remotely conclusive, but it's still a hint that makes you wondering, especially if you have some other clues. And especially if the young adult starts to look somewhat like a younger version of someone you know.
3. A child with a Celtic portrait born to a pure Anglo-Saxon and some other Germanic ruler is going to raise some concerns. Obviously Mongol eyes or very dark skin or something else that neither the mother's ancestors nor the father's have had. (Two people of mixed race can still produce children that look like either pure race, but anyway. Exceptions are exceptions.) Or something that reminds you of your brother from a different, exotic mother.
This is a bit like Jon, Ned, Stannis etc. digging and discovering that Baratheon black plus Lannister gold always produces Baratheon black (recessive vs dominant alleles), where you can't produce unassailable proof, but the clues should be enough in many cases.
This isn't just a paternity suit but a matter of the right to rule, dynastic continuity etc., along with the stigma of bastardy, especially when born of a more severely prohibited union.
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