Mortimer Goth was born outside of SimCity, in the Old Country, which could refer to a place such as the United Kingdom, or an unknown rural area, or could be a way of saying "someplace else". His father moved the family to SimCity when Mortimer was young. He is the son of Gunther Goth and Cornelia Goth, husband of Bella Goth, and father of Cassandra Goth and Alexander Goth.