Editing Wil Wheaton (section)

==Early life==
Wheaton was born July 29, 1972, in [[Burbank, California]], to Debra "Debbie" Nordean (née O'Connor), an actress, and Richard William Wheaton Jr., a medical specialist.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/wheaton.htm |title= Genealogy |work= Roots Web |publisher= Ancestry |access-date= October 14, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090715092542/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/wheaton.htm |archive-date= July 15, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.filmreference.com/film/13/Wil-Wheaton.html |title=Wil Wheaton Biography (1972–) | publisher=Film reference | access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://famouskin.com/pedigree.php?name=53708%20wil%20wheaton&ahnum=1|title=Wil Wheaton Pedigree Chart - Richard William Wheaton III - Ahnentafel No: 1 (53708)|work=famouskin.com|access-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref> He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy,<ref name="Catalano1988">{{cite book|author=Grace Catalano|title=Teen Star Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAKMkI6aXcoC|year=1988|publisher=PaperJacks|isbn=978-0-7701-0937-0}}</ref> both of whom appeared uncredited in the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "[[When the Bough Breaks (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|When the Bough Breaks]]".<ref name="BlockErdmann2012">{{cite book|author1=Paula M. Block|author2=Terry J. Erdmann|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation 365|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCbTA9wMmEAC&pg=PT152|date=November 16, 2012|publisher=Abrams|isbn=978-1-61312-400-0|pages=152–}}</ref> Amy appeared alongside Wil in the 1987 film ''[[The Curse (1987 film)|The Curse]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Muir|first=John Kenneth|date=2007|publisher=McFarland|title=Horror Films of the 1980s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VJ1vcmaOd7wC&q=the+curse+amy+wheaton&pg=PA568|page=568|isbn=978-0-7864-2821-2}}</ref>

As an adult, Wheaton described his father as being emotionally abusive to him as a child and his mother as being an enabler of that abuse. He also stated that his parents forced him to become an actor; he is currently estranged from them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2558858/why-big-bang-theory-and-star-trek-vet-wil-wheaton-thinks-acting-is-a-little-traumatic|title=Why Big Bang Theory And Star Trek Vet Wil Wheaton Thinks Acting Is 'A Little Traumatic'|date=November 17, 2020|website=Cinemablend |first1=Erik |last1=Swann |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419023617/https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2558858/why-big-bang-theory-and-star-trek-vet-wil-wheaton-thinks-acting-is-a-little-traumatic |archive-date= April 19, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/05/stand-by-me-wil-wheaton-parents-abuse-1234639480/|title='Stand by Me' Star Wil Wheaton Says Parents' Emotional Abuse Powered His Breakout Performance|first1=Ryan|last1=Lattanzio|date=May 22, 2021 |website=IndieWire |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230419002340/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/05/stand-by-me-wil-wheaton-parents-abuse-1234639480/ |archive-date= April 19, 2023 }}</ref>