Joaquin and his siblings grew up around the world Their oldest son, River, was born in 1970 in a log cabin in Oregon, but by the time they welcomed their daughter, Rain, two years later, the family had relocated to Texas.

Early life. Phoenix was born on August 23, 1970, in Madras, Oregon, the first child of Arlyn Dunetz and John Lee Bottom. He had four younger siblings, Rain (born 1972), Joaquin (born 1974), Liberty (born 1976) and Summer (born 1978), as well as a paternal half-sister, Jodean (born 1964).