During a visit to the circus boy almost took part in the intervention group, but it was stopped by the mother, who was with him. In 1970 at the age of three years, the wine first became evident penchant for Diesel the cast case. Diesel himself never talked about his nationality, but emphasized belonging to different cultures. Origin father Diesel remains a subject of controversy: according to one version, Diesel is half italoamerikanec and half African American, on the other - among his ancestors were Germans, Italians, Irish, Mexicans and Dominicans. The family lived in a New York tenement house and experienced a shortage of money. From birth, he along with his twin brother Paul, who was not at all similar to wine, grew up and was raised by his mother Delroy, who was a psychiatrist and took a great interest in astrology. Mark Sinclair Vincent was born Jyear in New York's Greenwich Village in a poor family.