Margaret Whitesell

Margaret Whitesell is a distant cousin of Temperance Brennan on her mother's side whom Brennan's father Max Keenan invited to spend Christmas with them in the episode "The Goop on the Girl."
== History ==
=== Season 5 ===
Initially, Dr. Brennan dislikes Margaret, which Dr. Sweets would tell her is because Margaret's off-putting personality is too similar to Dr. Brennan's own social difficulties. Booth notes a striking physical similarity between Dr. Brennan and Margaret, suggesting that they could easily pass for sisters. During Christmas dinner, Dr. Brennan finally expresses her irritation with Margaret's habit of quoting Benjamin Franklin, explaining that it is not really communication and that she would prefer to hear what Margaret has to say herself (without using Franklin as a proxy). Margaret replies, "That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me."
== Notes ==
*Margeret was portrayed by Emily Deschanel's real life sister Zooey Deschanel.
**Max and Booth separately make hidden references to this when they state that she and Brennan look like they could be sisters.
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