Relationship "broke down" after 1862. Never spoken of again in the family.
Sources
Scotland Select Marriages 1561-1910: Ancestry.com
Scotland Register of Marriages Extract, GRO, # 7176
Notes information provided by Agnes Brooks Dewar, granddaughter.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James: