Is a bastard from a noble family still considered nobility and above merchants?

opinions-about-tiaras:

racefortheironthrone:

Yeah, mostly. Hence the whole thing about “Great Bastards” vs. bastards, or castle-born vs. not. 

You have to be acknowledged, tho, don’t you? Your noble parent has to say “yes, this is my child.”

Socially speaking Edric Storm and Mya Stone occupy two VERY different levels of society despite having the same father, and that was largely determined by Robert acknowledging the former and not the latter. Mya is a commoner, a peasant. Edric is a young noble. Everyone KNOWS Mya is Robert’s daughter but because there was never a formal acknowledgement that counts for jack shit.

Or am I way off base here?

Both are acknowledged, but Mya Stone’s mother was a commoner, Edric Storm’s mother was a noblewoman.