It's no surprise that someone else has already attempted to do a generational analysis of A Song of Ice and Fire. This one was done a couple of years ago, when about three seasons of Game of Thrones were done. Nonetheless, it mostly uses what's in the books.
Because of that, and because of aging of the characters in the show (referenced there), it has slightly different results. The recent generation - Jon Snow and the other Stark children for example - are identified as Civics, still, and the Lannisters are Nomads in both. Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark, however, are also Nomads, rather than Prophets.
That analysis used birth years from the books, and identified some generations differently than my analysis, which infers birth years from the actors portraying them. In particular, Jaime and Cersei are portrayed by Gen X actors (Lena Headey b. 1973, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau b. 1970) while Sean Bean (b. 1959), more than ten years older, is a young Boomer. In the books, Ned Stark is only about three years older than the Lannister twins - still possible for them to be separate generations, if much less likely.
Considering their resolute adherence to principle, though, the idea of Ned Stark and others of a similar age - like Brother Ray and the Head Sparrow - being a Prophet generation is still compelling.
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