Brian O'Conner
All Star
Less than 2 hours wattba
is it? Ned's (trueborn) brother also joined the Watch
Benjen joined the watch because he had no status. He was the 3rd born son in a great house. 3rd born gets nothing. Their oldest brother got killed. And Ned became Lord Stark. Lots of Starks had been members of the Night's Watch, so Benjen figured why not. I can carry on the family tradition and Ned will carry on the family name.
....so it's not odd that Ned let Jon join, which is what he was pointing out.