Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 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. A cewar wata sanarwa da aka bayar a lokacin da
2017<unk>18 al'amuran 'yan kasa biyu, Shorten ya riƙe' yan ƙasa na Burtaniya ta hanyar zuriya har zuwa 2006, lokacin da ya yi watsi da shi don tsayawa takarar majalisar.