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Kenneth
Features in: The Stained Family Tree & The Martlets' Nest & The Road to the Isles
Kenneth MacFadyen, born MacFadden, received a family tree from his seven-year-old sister the day he was born. Raised by an alcoholic mother and a hypocrite of a father for whom everything had to appear perfect, Kenneth and his sister were very close. When he’s thirteen, his sister dies, supposedly through suicide after she was raped by a lesbian. Kenneth develops an instant hatred towards all lesbians. When Alex Higgins, a gay history teacher at Glasgow University, stands in front of him, she becomes evil personified. He publicly accuses Alex of being a lesbian rapist and is subsequently expelled. He can’t let go of history though, and several years later he turns to his neighbour historian for help on his family tree. When he discovers that his neighbour’s superior is the very person he vilified, he’s still reeled in by Alex’ encyclopaedic knowledge. Through Alex Kenneth not only stumbles upon a murder on one of his ancestors – the last one to be called MacFadyen – but also discovers that his sister was murdered by his father for being gay. Alex saves Kenneth’s life after his father tries to kill them both, and it’s Alex again, who pulls him through when his mother is dying from alcohol abuse. Alex and her partner Julie provide him with the home he’s never had. Alex even gives him a second chance and arranges for Kenneth to study history at St Andrews University.
Kenneth has a relationship with Siobhan, the daughter of Alex’ biological father.
