Camille Saroyan - Former Relationships

Former Relationships

Camille and Booth have had an intimate/romantic relationship in the past, but he did not want to marry her. They entered into a rekindled relationship at an undisclosed point midway through the series. In the episode "The Boy in the Shroud," several comments, conversations, and scenarios between different characters suggest Cam and Booth may have been romantically involved at a young age, most likely in high school or early college, although this has yet to be explicitly confirmed. Later episodes reveal Cam has known Booth and his younger brother for fifteen years, which seems to support this conclusion or at least indicate they knew each other as adolescents. It is further revealed in the episode "Aliens in a Spaceship" that Booth and Saroyan had struck up their relationship again after she came to the Jeffersonian, although Booth appeared to have some reservations and was uncomfortable telling anyone at work, especially Dr. Brennan, about his connection with Camille. The relationship between Booth and Saroyan ended in "The Man in the Cell," when Booth asserted workplace relationships put everyone in danger when high-pressure situations arise. She still asked him to play her boyfriend for her father's birthday dinner in the Season 3 episode "Intern in the Incinerator."

Camille also had a brief fling with Angela's ex-husband Grayson "Birimbau" Barasa. After flirting a bit at the Jeffersonian, she offered to drive him to the airport, where his flight was canceled and he checked into a local hotel with her.

Cam was once engaged to and lived with Dr. Andrew Welton, a cardiac surgeon. While they were dating, and later engaged, Cam helped to raise his daughter, Michelle. However, after his wife's death (Michelle's mother died in childbirth), he was never able to fully commit to their relationship and was constantly cheating. Though Cam did love him, she ended the engagement, leaving Welton and the young Michelle behind. Ten years later, in the Season 4 episode "The Doctor in the Den", his remains are found in a tiger exhibit at a zoo. Upon learning the identity of the remains, Cam takes it upon herself to inform Michelle of her father's death. Michelle claims to barely remember Cam and she treats her coldly. Later in the episode, Michelle admits she had been very deeply hurt by Cam's apparent abandonment, and she had waited at the window for weeks, "waiting for to come home." Finally, at the end of "The Doctor in the Den", Michelle and Cam are reconciled, and Michelle accepts Cam's offer to move in with her.

As Season 5 progresses, Cam begins finds herself in typical teenage-parent situations with Michelle. Though Cam sees herself as Michelle's mother, it is clear that Michelle sees Cam only as a legal guardian. This places strain on their relationship, as Cam doesn't want to be a doormat but also wants Michelle to like her. As Christmas approaches, Cam plans a big, festive holiday, but Michelle asks if she can go to Hawaii with a friend. Cam reluctantly consents, initially; on their way to the airport, she stops and refuses, claiming that they are a family and need to act as such. Michelle is furious, but the two soon share an emotional hug, the gap in their relationship repaired.

In "The Proof in the Pudding," Cam finds a positive home-pregnancy test in the bathroom that only she, Brennan, and Angela use. However, she knows Michelle had been in there that day. She knows the pregnancy test is not Brennan's because she would not make a life-altering decision so spontaneously. Angela claims the pregnancy test isn't hers, so Cam assumes it's Michelle's and freaks out. She is extremely concerned and unhappy that Michelle hasn't told her. However, the pregnancy test turns out to be Angela's (and also a false-positive) so Cam is relieved.