Talk:James McCartney

Notability

Not notable? Paul McCartney's son? Are you kidding? He could be locked up in a mental hospital and never seen by the public and he'd still be worth writing about. Stevage 15:30, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree, and have removed the notability tag with the addition of why James McCartney is notable in the music industry--he co-wrote some songs with Paul McCartney, played lead guitar (with an electric guitar solo) and drums on two of his albums, and also played lead guitar on Linda McCartney's only album. That should do it. Layla12275 21:21, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

It's my impression that in Wikipedia being related to a famous person does not in itself confer notability. Having played on a few of his father's lesser-known recordings and on his mother's (extremely obscure, it would seem) record should, however, make James McCartney notable, but only marginally so. Thus this article is disproportionately long and involved. (It also includes, as of this writing, a fair amount of trivia that should be excised in any case.) TheScotch (talk) 07:57, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Heather McCartney

I disagree with the line that states something like, because Paul adopted Linda's daughter Heather, she can be considered James' 'full sister'. I don't know the rationale for stating this, but it seems to me pretty obvious that even though her stepfather adopted her, it doesn't change the reality of her paternity, and calling her anything other than the siblings' half-sister is odd. Anchoress 07:03, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

So...if Paul and Linda adopted a daughter together, she wouldn't be Mary's, Stella's and James's full sister? Adoption of a child by an adult makes that adult a parent in the full sense of the word, and though Heather is James's biological half-sister, she is his adoptive full sister.74.39.18.117 20:39, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

What we're discussing is the difference between a full and a half sibling. Heather is James' half sibling because they share only one parent in common. Her legal status v/v her stepfather doesn't change that. To take your example in the other direction, if Paul and Linda had divorced, and Paul had repudiated his adoption of Heather, would she then not be James' sister at all? No. She would still be his half sister, as she had been even after Paul had adopted her, and she would be despite any change in her legal status v/v Paul. Anchoress 00:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

"Heather is James' half sibling because they share only one parent in common. Her legal status v/v her stepfather doesn't change that."

Paul McCartney is not Heather McCartney's stepfather. He is her father. Any legal document would list McCartney, not the late John See, as her father. Any claim that Paul is less of a parent to Heather than Linda was (and I highly doubt, had he divorced her mother, he would have rejected his daughter any more than any biological father would) simply because he does not share her DNA is uninformative because any official document would disagree with you. As is any claim that she is less of a sister to James than Mary and Stella are. These claims are also, might I add, highly offensive to anyone who has adopted children or was an adopted child. I completely understand that this is not your intention, so please be careful. 74.39.17.49 22:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry that you think my words are offensive. I simply disagree with you. I still hold to my original assertion. Heather is not James' full sister, despite Paul's adoption and their family closeness. To say so in an encyclopedia is misleading. Anchoress 22:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Heather McCartney is legally Jame's sister - not his half sibling - because they had the same biological mother, and Heather was adopted by Paul McCartney whereupon he became her father, not her stepfather. My expertise in this area comes from being an adoptive parent. My children were born in a different country, to a different mother, and are not of the same race as I am. But, when our adoption was finalized, I became their one and only mother,legally and materially, and they became citizens of the country of I'm a native-born citizen and could not maintain citizenship in the country of their birth. Of course their birth mother is an important person in our lives because, without her (and their birth father who didn't know they existed before he was asked to sign off on their adoption, which he didn't hesitate to do), they would not exist. Still, once our adoption decree was finalized, I became, by law, their real mother, and their only mother. If I'd given birth to or adopted any other children, they would be full siblings of my daughters. My children, who are biological siblings, (twins, in fact), and I were born in different countries, I am not biologically related to them, and they are of one race, while I am of another. Obviously, hey were full siblings before I became their mother. They were citizens of a different country until they arrived in the U.S., where I am a citizen, as my adopted children. At that point, they were no longer citizens of the country where they were born, as that is the law in international adoptions. Since I am their mother, if I had any birth children or adopted children before they became my children, or if I gave birth to any children or adopted any other children after adopting my children, those kids would be their full siblings because I would be the sole mother of all of them. Additionally, my siblings are their real aunts and uncles, and my siblings children (even the ones who are internationally adopted children who are of a different race from their parents and from my children are legally my nieces and nephews and my children's cousins. We are all REAL family members, some through birth and some through adoption. ~2026-11958-33 (talk) 03:45, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello. I came here from WP:3O. If she was a half-sister before adoption, she is a half-sister afterward. Adoption did not change who her biological parents are, regardless of the legal and familial implications. The word "half-sister" is used to refer to biological relation. This is not offensive, it's merely the meaning of the word. The OED documents this as the use of the word for a little over 800 years. Hope this helps. —ptk✰fgs 02:15, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your input. I am editing the article accordingly. Anchoress 02:52, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

This is legally incorrect as well as offensive to adoptive families. ~2026-11958-33 (talk) 03:52, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Lack of Citation

There is only one citation in the entire article- none of the statements in 'Family and Personal Life' have citations, which they should because they don't make the most sense. They are also out of order. I'd put the little 'citation needed' thing next to practically every statement in 'Family and personal life', but I've no idea how.68.183.182.214 (talk) 05:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

I added an {{unreferenced}} tag for you. Anchoress (talk) 06:59, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Main reason for notability

He is notable primarily for being the musical son of musician Paul. the lede should reflect this. the info on his siblings should be at the bottom of the article, in personal life. his relationship with his father, musical releases, performances (both solo and with father), and other musical info should dominate the lede. If he wasnt a musician, he of course would still be notable, but then the article could start with his family relations. Ive attempted to fix this.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 01:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

James McCartney is not notable at all "for being the musical [or otherwise] son of" Paul McCartney, and this relation, though it may appear in the first paragraph, should not appear in the first sentence. TheScotch (talk) 08:30, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

'Digital only'

The text says: 'It is his first physical release, the two individual EPs being digital only.' CDs are digital. Maybe 'download only' would be better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.108.145.40 (talk) 15:34, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Notes on big update, photo

So while working on an update of the page, I went ahead and contacted the website people to release a photo in the infobox into the Creative Commons. Anyways, they said we could use this publicity photo - I like that it's more current than the other one, but if someone has a recent performance shot, that would probably be more preferable. Feels weird using publicity shots on Wikipedia. Otherwise, the update I did was pretty standard, just organizing the content into an 'early life', 'career' structure as is more normal, and adding some recent references. MusicLover650 (talk) 01:38, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

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Is he/was he married?

and does he have children? ~2025-31155-78 (talk) 09:58, 27 November 2025 (UTC)