Editing Michael Weatherly (section)

== Early life ==
Weatherly was born in New York City and raised in [[Fairfield, Connecticut]].<ref name="TVGuideFebruary 17, 2011">{{cite web|last=Bryant|first=Adam|date=November 9, 2010|title=In Focus: NCIS' Michael Weatherly is happy being the second banana|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/ncis-michael-weatherly-1025262/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903082508/https://www.tvguide.com/news/ncis-michael-weatherly-1025262/|archive-date=September 3, 2018|access-date=January 7, 2016|work=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref>  His parents are Patricia ([[Maiden and married names|née]] Hetherington) and Michael Weatherly Sr.<ref name="TVG" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Ruth Hetherington Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=ruth-k-burns-hetherington&pid=141838965|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141120075957/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=ruth-k-burns-hetherington&pid=141838965|archive-date=November 20, 2014|access-date=January 7, 2016|work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> He is of Irish descent.<ref name="Kowalski">{{cite web|last=Kowalski|first=Kristine Hope|date=October 30, 2013|title=Michael Weatherly Baby Born: ''NCIS'' Actor Welcomes a Son Named Liam|url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/10/30/michael-weatherly-baby-born-boy-liam-bojana-jankovic/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303161820/http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/10/30/michael-weatherly-baby-born-boy-liam-bojana-jankovic/|archive-date=March 3, 2016|access-date=January 7, 2016|publisher=HollywoodLife.com}}</ref>

Weatherly attended [[Fairfield Country Day School]] and graduated from [[Brooks School]] in [[North Andover, Massachusetts]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite news|last=Catlin|first=Roger|date=April 7, 2005|title=After 'Dark,' There's 'ncis'|newspaper=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, CT|url=https://www.courant.com/2005/04/07/after-dark-theres-ncis/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926234151/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2005-04-07-0504070169-story.html|archive-date=September 26, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni Shield Award|url=https://alumniportal.brooksschool.org/AlumniShield|access-date=January 7, 2016|website=[[Brooks School]]|archive-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214165533/https://alumniportal.brooksschool.org/AlumniShield|url-status=dead}}</ref> He attended [[Boston University]], [[Menlo College]], [[American University]], and the [[American University of Paris]], but left college to pursue acting.<ref name="TVGuideFebruary 17, 2011" />