*Mike Dirnt, born Michael Ryan Pritchard, lived in poverty, born to a heroin-addicted mother and a white father.
*Mike was born on May 4, 1972 in Rodeo, California
*When Mike was seven, his adoptive parents divorced, and he bounced between the two untill finally settling in with his adoptive mom and older sister
*Mike struck out on his own shortly after settling with his adoptive mom, working, among a handful of jobs, at Rod's Hickery Pit where Billie Joe's mom was a waitress
*Dirnt rented a room on the side of Billie Joe's house at one point
*Mike married his girlfriend Anastasia in August of 1996, they now have a daughter named Estelle-Desiree born in April 1997
*The pressures of being in Green Day have become to much for Mike and Anasasia's marriage to withstand and they are now seperated
*Mike says he is still very good friends with Anastasia & calls his daughter his "hero"