Vin Diesel was born Mark Sinclair in Alameda Country, Califfonia, along with his Feraternal twin brother, paul Vincent.
He was raised by his astrologer/psychogist mother, Delora Sherleen(Sinclair), and adoptive father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an artists’ hosing projct in new york city’s Greenwich Village. He never knew his biological father. His mother is white(with english, german, scottish, and irish ancestry), and his adoptive fater is African-American; referring to his biological father’s background, Diesel has said said that he himself is "definitely a person of colour".