Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Shorten a ranar 12 ga Mayu 1967 a asibitin St Vincent, Melbourne, ɗan Ann Rosemary (née McGrath) da William Robert Shorten. Yana da ɗan'uwa tagwaye, Robert. Dangane da wata sanarwa da aka bayar a lokacin abin kunya na 'yan kasa biyu na 2017 <unk> 18
, Shorten ya mallaki 'yan asalin Burtaniya ta hanyar zuriya har zuwa 2006, lokacin da ya yi watsi da shi don tsayawa takara a majalisa.