On 1/13/2019 at 6:24 PM, DemandredFO said:

Matt is Aemon reborn

On 1/13/2019 at 7:46 PM, Sabio said:

Or of Aemon's blood.  RJ to my knowledge always refused to answer that.

After reading up more about Aemon, that makes perfect sense. He has his mannerisms quite nicely. 

... Wow, I can't believe I either didn't remember, or never figured that out. Either way, it makes much more sense that way. 

I could be completely wrong about this, I haven't read WoT since AMoL. However, I've been listening to the audiobook on Libby while at work, and I believe Mat is Jak o' the Shadows. It's probably been discussed before, and I have to head back to work so I don't have much time to list my reasons, but I remember thinking that back when I was reading it, and it just came to mind again.