His adoptive mother, Elsie Martin, who died in 2017, estimated his birth date as 29 December 1960 based on the date he was taken from a Catholic-run orphanage in Montreal.
hɪz ɐdˈɑːptɪv mˈʌðɚ, ˈɛlsi mˈɑːɹtɪn, hˌuː dˈaɪd ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvəntˌiːn, ˈɛstᵻmˌeɪɾᵻd hɪz bˈɜːθ dˈeɪt æz twˈɛnti nˈaɪn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti bˈeɪst ɔnðə dˈeɪt hiː wʌz tˈeɪkən fɹʌm ɐ kˈæθlɪkɹˈʌn ˈɔːɹfənɪdʒ ɪn mˌɑːntɹɪˈɔːl.