His German-Swiss father, Robert Federer, is from Berneck in the canton of St. In addition to Swiss German, his mother tongue, he is fluent in German, English and French. He grew up in Riehen and then Münchenstein, on the outskirts of Basel and close to the French and German borders. He has an older sister named Diana and has dual Swiss and South African nationality.
His father, Robert Federer, is Swiss from Berneck and his mother Lynette Durand is South African. Roger Federer was born in Basel on August 8, 1981.
