James has personality points and interests, something not every ancestral Sim has. He is completely resurrectable, even though he doesn't have a grave. James has the Romanceaspiration, and the Librazodiac sign. As far as personality, he is very outgoing, quite nice, and somewhat playful. But he is very sloppy and lazy.
According to James' SimDNA in SimPE, his hair was red before it turned grey. According to his age data, he had 11 days left in the elderlife stage when he died. James' facial structure is seemingly identical to the 1st Maxis face template in Create a Sim.