dorsetgirl

Title: Cousins

Author: DorsetGirl

Fandom: This is a “Real Life” story, about a Life on Mars fanfic writer!

Disclaimer: I don’t own Sam or Gene, sadly. BBC/Kudos do. The other characters are mine, but genesreunited isn’t. Perhaps its owners will consider its appearance here a free advertisement.

Rating: PG for non-graphic slash

Pairing: Gene/Sam, of course!

Spoiler: None. Just a bit of whimsy.

Word Count: approx 1080.

Summary: Have you ever wondered who’s behind the screen name?

Thanks: to jayb111 for an informative, fast and tactful beta job. Turns out I made exactly the same mistakes as last time. *headdesk*
A/N: This story was partially inspired by the fact that a number of people at TRA have mentioned that they keep family history documents and websites open and ready to switch to whenever they’re at TRA or Lifein1973, to hide from their families just how long they spend obsessing about Life on Mars or looking at pics of John and Phil. I do it myself.

You don’t need to know anything about Family History to understand this story, but it might help to know that: (a) genesreunited is a major search and contact site; (b) an Ag Lab is an Agricultural Labourer, of which most of us have many amongst our ancestors; (c) Scottish records from 1855 onwards are wonderful - far better than English and Welsh ones for the same period.