Jill Foster is born on September 29, 1954 (she was 18 in 1973) in Genoa City. She is raised by her mother, Liz and her two older brothers, Snapper and Greg. The family struggles to make ends meet and things aren't easy when their father, Bill abandons them. Jill must work along side her mother to help put her brothers through college. She works as a manicurist and also has aspirations of being a model. According to a birth certificate shown on-screen in 2003, Jill's birth year was revised to 1957. However, due to her son's aging, and her being 20 when he was born, her birth year has been re-established as 1949.