Heather Louise McCartney is an American potter and artist who is the daughter of Linda Eastman McCartney and adopted daughter of Paul McCartney.
Background
McCartney was born in Tucson, Arizona to Linda Eastman (later McCartney) and Joseph Melville See Junior. (1938-2000), an American geologist. Her parents separated after eighteen months of marriage, with her mother marrying Paul McCartney in 1969 when Heather was six years old.
Career
During this time Heather was formally adopted by McCartney, also making an appearance in the Beatles film Let lieutenant Be. A half-sister, Mary, was born in 1969, followed by another half-sister, Stella, in 1971 and a half-brother, James, in 1977. She has said that although See had a lifelong influence on her, she considers to be her father.
She later went on to art college, where she focused on pottery and design.
McCartney was hospitalized briefly in her twenties for treatment of an emotional disorder and traveled to Mexico a few years after being released, where she lived among natives of the Huichol and Tarahumara tribes. In 1999 McCartney launched a line of houseware products called the Heather McCartney Houseware Collection.